Shown from the chest up, a clean-shaven young man with pale, peachy skin looks off to our left against a cloudy sky in this vertical portrait painting.

Venice: Bellini to Tintoretto

Portrait of a Young Man in Red

Giovanni Bellini

artist Giovanni Bellini (Venetian, c. 1430/1435–1516)

date c. 1480

medium Oil and tempera on panel

origin Italy

dimensions 32 × 26.5 cm

credit line Andrew W. Mellon Collection

hall 10 Venice: Bellini to Tintoretto

rights public domain (CC0)

National Gallery of Art, Washington Full image

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