Portrait of a Man
Domenico Ghirlandaio (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi) (Italian, Florentine, 1449–1494)
Tempera on wood; 21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (54.6 x 44.5 cm)
The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931 (32.100.67)
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An early work by Ghirlandaio, probably painted at about the same time as his frescoes at San Gimignano (1477/78). The disturbingly bright green of the background is the result of a cleaning that removed a layer of oxidized pigment.