Portrait of a Man (Titian, Indianapolis)

Portrait of a Man, c. 1515 (59.5 x 45.5 cm; 23.4 x 17.9 in)

Portrait of a Man is an oil painting by Titian, made about 1515, now in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. ^[1]

Identity of the sitter

It may have been the painting seen by Carlo Ridolfi in Nicolas Régnier's house around 1648.^{[ citation needed ]} It has traditionally been known as Portrait of Ariosto due to its similarity to A Man with a Quilted Sleeve , another Titian work previously thought to depict Ariosto, and to a print of Ariosto in the 1532 edition of Orlando Furioso . ^[2]

Provenance

Its status as an autograph work by the artist is supported by Bernard Berenson.^{[ citation needed ]} Auctioned at Sotheby's in London on 29 January 1930, ^[2] it passed to the Booth Tarkington collection in Indianapolis.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• List of works by Titian

References

1. Valcanover, Francesco (1969). L'opera completa di Tiziano [The complete paintings of Titian] (in Italian). Milan: Rizzoli. OCLC   797259902.
2. "Catalogue entry".