Ritratto d'uomo

Antonio del Ceraiolo, a Florentine painter active in the early sixteenth century who studied under both Lorenzo di Credi and Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, painted this male portrait around 1525, now in the Galleria Palatina. Working in the shadow of the great Florentine masters, Ceraiolo developed a competent portrait style that combined the smooth modeling of his teachers with the dignified sobriety expected of Florentine male portraiture.

The portrait shows del Ceraiolo's careful sfumato technique inherited from Lorenzo di Credi's Leonardesque training, with subtle tonal gradations and a refined, restrained palette.