# Portrait of a Young Man in Senator's Garb [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BELLINI, Giovanni]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on panel, 35 x 26 cm ## Commentary The composition of this portrait of an unidentified young man derives from Flemish prototypes, specifically those by Hans Memling, rather than the work of Antonello da Messina, to whom the panel was originally attributed. Bellini placed the figure behind a marble parapet, a compositional device derived from Antonello's work, but unlike <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/a/antonell/condotti.html'\)" href="/html/a/antonell/condotti.html">the latter's portraits,</a> however, Bellini's sitter is situated against a sky blue background and stare abstractly into the distance. ## Related artworks - [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)]() - [Agony in the Garden]() - [Angel Announcing \(detail\)]() - [Angel of the Annunciation and Virgin Annunciate]() - [Angel of the Annunciation and Virgin Annunciate]() - [Baptism of Christ]() - [Barbarigo Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Barbarigo Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Barbarigo Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Barbarigo Altarpiece]() - [Blessing Christ]() - [Bust of a Man]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()