Carlo Rimbotti (1518–1591)

Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi)

1548 · Oil on wood · European Paintings

Salviati and Rimbotti, a doctor, belonged to the same literary academy; this is likely an informal portrait made for his friend. The even, crystalline surface comes from the thin, transparent layers of paint built up on the wood panel, which is exceptionally well preserved. Inscriptions and wax seals of the Rimbotti family, visible on the back of the panel, help trace the painting’s location for nearly five hundred years.

Artist

Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi)

Date

1548

Medium

Oil on wood

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund, Alejandro Santo Domingo, Ronald S. Lauder, and The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund Gifts, and Beatrice Stern, Annette de la Renta, Brownstein Family Foundation, and David and Julie Tobey Gifts, 2017