Portrait of a Young Man 1476 - 1504

This painting, "Portrait of a Young Man", is a work by Florentine artist Biagio d'Antonio, completed between 1476 and 1504. The work, on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features a young man in a red cloak with his hand resting on a staff. The sitter’s direct gaze, the detailed rendering of the face, and the use of a landscape background in the style of the early Renaissance, make this a prime example of the evolution of portraiture at the turn of the 16th century.