Portrait of a Man
1514
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1514
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of a Man is a 1514 unspecified by Bartolomeo Veneto, a High Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A young man in a black cap and fur-lined coat stares straight at you. A tiny metal badge on his hat shows a winged woman and a child. That badge is a real object—it’s a copy of a bronze medallion by Andrea Riccio. The museum owns the original. The badge was a status symbol, like a designer logo today. It hints the man might be part of Milan’s powerful Sforza family. Look up *The Cleveland Museum of Art* to see Riccio’s medallion in person.
This young man is possibly a member of the Sforza household, the ruling family of Milan during the Renaissance. He wears a plaquette on his hat indicating his nobility and status. This medallion depicts an actual work by Andrea Riccio (1470–1532), an artist whose work is represented in the museum's collection. The medallion illustrates an allegory of fortune and virtue personified by a winged woman and a child.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Bartolomeo Veneto (active 1502–31) was an Italian painter who worked in Venice, the Veneto (the mainland), and Lombardy.
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