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Carlo Rimbotti (1518–1591)

1548
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 640
Salviati and Rimbotti, a doctor, belonged to the same literary academy; this is likely an informal portrait made for his friend. The even, crystalline surface comes from the thin, transparent layers of paint built up on the wood panel, which is exceptionally well preserved. Inscriptions and wax seals of the Rimbotti family, visible on the back of the panel, help trace the painting’s location for nearly five hundred years.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Carlo Rimbotti (1518–1591)
  • Artist: Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) (Italian, Florence 1510–1563 Rome)
  • Date: 1548
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: 20 3/4 × 16 3/8 in. (52.5 × 41.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund, Alejandro Santo Domingo, Ronald S. Lauder, and The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund Gifts, and Beatrice Stern, Annette de la Renta, Brownstein Family Foundation, and David and Julie Tobey Gifts, 2017
  • Object Number: 2017.401
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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