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Bindo Altoviti by Raphael

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Original – In 1515, five hundred years ago this young Florentine banker was depicted by the great master Raphael as a beautiful young man with grey eyes and flowing blond hair over his shoulders. In the artist’s conception, Bindo Altoviti just turns over his shoulder as if to speak to his Florentine bride, Fiammetta.

Reason

Portrait of Bindo Altoviti is one of the great Renaissance portraits. ^{Raphael and the Beautiful Banker: The Story of the Bindo Altoviti Portrait}
The painting is made by Raphael, Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Bindo Altoviti was a rich banker born in Rome in 1491, but of Florentine origin. Bindo Altoviti was a cultured man who loved the arts. Raphael was at the time influenced by the works of Leonardo, which he studied during this period, for example the darkness in front of the figure is not a characteristic trait of Raphael's paintings. The artwork is curently at National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Articles in which this image appears

Portrait of Bindo Altoviti (Raphael); Raphaello Sanzio; List of paintings by Raphael

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Raphaello Sanzio or Raphael Santi or simply Raphael

• Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 00:02, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support - Coat of Many Colours (talk) 01:26, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support Good scan.  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:34, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support --Godot13 (talk) 14:33, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support. Nice work. Rreagan007 (talk) 04:36, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support . Fylbecatulous talk 16:47, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Promoted File:Raphael - Bindo Altoviti - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:11, 28 July 2014 (UTC)