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Portrait of a Man

1528–29
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 612

This is probably the "natural seeming and very beautiful" portrait of a canon from Pisa Cathedral that Giorgio Vasari describes in his biography of Andrea. The canon was a close friend of the artist during his last years and helped him to secure his last commissions. Holding tightly to a small prayer book, or book of hours, the sitter steadies his gaze on the viewer. Andrea was the leading painter in early sixteenth-century Florence, known for his engaging naturalism and technical brilliance. The portrait was painted not long before he died of the plague in 1530.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of a Man
  • Artist: Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) (Italian, Florence 1486–1530 Florence)
  • Date: 1528–29
  • Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood
  • Dimensions: 26 1/4 x 19 7/8 in. (66.7 x 50.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.60.9
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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The Birth of Saint John the Baptist, Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with Chinese white of brown paper
The Birth of Saint John the Baptist
Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)
16th century
Studies of Hands, Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) Italian, Red chalk. Lined
Studies of Hands
Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)
ca. 1517
Studies of a Head and a Hand, Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) Italian, Red chalk
Studies of a Head and a Hand
Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)
1510
The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist, Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) Italian, Oil on wood
The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)
ca. 1528
Woman and Child Kneeling (recto); Head of Child (verso), Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) Italian, Pen and brown ink (recto and verso)
Woman and Child Kneeling (recto); Head of Child (verso)
Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)
16th century

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