1500
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From the collection of Uffizi Gallery
Dominant colour
Narcissus at the Fountain is a 1500 unspecified by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, a High Renaissance work, held at Uffizi Gallery.
Narcissus at the Fountain is a painting by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. It was created around 1500. The painting is described as showing a young man in profile with a downward gaze. This gaze is what led to the interpretation of the subject as Narcissus. To learn more about the style and methods used in this painting, consider looking into the technique of sfumato.
Narcissus at the Fountain is a 1500–1510 oil-on-panel painting by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, now in the Uffizi, in Florence. A copy is held in the National Gallery, London. Both works show a young man in profile, interpreted as Narcissus due to his downward gaze. Strongly influenced by Leonardo da Vinci, particularly in the background, reminiscent of the Virgin of the Rocks), the work has several elements in common with other colleagues of Boltraffio such as Bernardino Luini and Andrea Solario, which in the past has caused attribution difficulties.
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Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (or Beltraffio) (1466 or 1467 – 1516) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance from Lombardy, who worked in the studio of Leonardo da Vinci.
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