# Man with a Pink Carnation [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SOLARIO, Andrea]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil and egg tempera on poplar, 50 x 39 cm ## Commentary Man with a Pink Carnation c. 1495 Oil and egg tempera on poplar, 50 x 39 cm National Gallery, London The artist belongs to the generation bridging the 15th and 16th centuries and was highly regarded in his own day for his portraiture. This early portrait was executed during the artist's stay in Venice, the sitter, who holds a pink or carnation in his right hand indicating a betrothal portrait, was probably a Venetian senator. \*\*\* Keywords: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Author: SOLARIO, Andrea Title: Man with a Pink Carnation Time-line: 1501-1550 School: Italian Form: painting Type: portrait ## Related artworks - [Charles d'Amboise]() - [Cleopatra]() - [Ecce Homo]() - [Head of a Bearded Man]() - [Lamentation over the Dead Christ]() - [Madonna of the Green Cushion]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Young Man]() - [Rest during the Flight to Egypt]() - [Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist]() - [Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()