Master of the Baroncelli Portraits
1494
oil
panel
From the collection of Uffizi Gallery
Dominant colour
Portrait of Pierantonio Bandini Baroncelli (on the reverse: the annunciation: The Virgin) is a 1494 oil by Master of the Baroncelli Portraits, a Early Renaissance work, held at Uffizi Gallery.
This painting depicts a man standing in front of a dark background, holding a book in his left hand. He is wearing a black hat and a black jacket over a white and black striped shirt. The man is looking to the right, and his face is blurred. In the background, there is a window with a yellow and red design. The overall atmosphere of the painting is somber, with muted colors dominating the scene. The painting's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and dimensionality, drawing the viewer's eye to the subject. To learn more about this technique, look up chiaroscuro.
The Master of the Baroncelli Portraits (fl. 1480–1490) is the notname for a fifteenth-century Early Netherlandish painter. Active in Bruges around 1480–1490, he is named after a pair of portraits (originally the wings…
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