# Profile of a Man [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MASACCIO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Tempera on wood, 41 x 30 cm ## Commentary The painting is in a poor state of conservation, the colours have altered dramatically. However, the portrait has an extraordinary presence. The face, defined by its sharp contour, is modeled like sculpture. The three-dimensional effect of the mazzocchio \(the turban\) is emphasized by being cut at the right edge of the picture. The portrait can be compared with various portraits by Masaccio in the Brancacci Chapel in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, especially the bystanders in the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/masaccio/brancacc/st\_peter/theophi1.html'\)" href="/html/m/masaccio/brancacc/st\_peter/theophi1.html">scene of St Peter preaching.</a> This comparison points to a date about 1426-27, making this panel the earliest surviving independent portrait in fifteenth-century Florence. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane \(detail\)]() - [Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane \(detail\)]() - [Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane]() - [Crucifixion of St Peter]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci \(left view\)]() - [Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci \(left view\)]() - [Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci \(right view\)]() - [Madonna and Child with St Anne]() - [Madonna with Child and Angels]() - [Medallion]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()