| Portrait of a Young Man | |
| Other Language 1: | Italian |
| Artist: | Rosso Fiorentino |
| Medium: | oil on wood |
| Dimensions: | NaNcm (-2,147,483,648inches) |
| Year: | c. 1517-1518 |
| Museum: | Gemäldegalerie |
| City: | Berlin |
Portrait of a Young Man is an oil on wood painting by Rosso Fiorentino, executed c. 1517–1518, now in the Gemäldegalerie, in Berlin.[1] [2]
In his Lives of the Artists Vasari briefly mentions that many portraits by him could still be seen in Florentine homes, probably produced before Rosso left for Volterra in 1521 - this work is thought to be one of them. Its attribution was uncertain until 2006, when Antonio Natali identified it as an early autograph work by Rosso.[3]
In the early 1900s it was thought to be a self-portrait of Rosso, but other sources argue that it instead shows Iacopo V Appiani, sovereign of Piombino, and is linked to Rosso's long stay in the city-state of Piombino in 1516–1520, during which he produced a Dead Christ.[4]