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Original fileBindo Altoviti
Bindo Altoviti title QS:P1476,en:"Bindo Altoviti "label QS:Len,"Bindo Altoviti "label QS:Lit,"Ritratto di Bindo Altoviti"label QS:Lfr,"Portrait de Bindo Altoviti"label QS:Lru,"Портрет Биндо Альтовити"label QS:Lpt,"Retrato de Bindo Altoviti"label QS:Lhy,"Բինդո Ալթովիտիի դիմանկար"label QS:Lsl,"Portret Binda Altovitija"label QS:Ltr,"Bindo Altoviti Portresi"label QS:Lja,"ビント・アルトヴィティの肖像"label QS:Luk,"Портрет Біндо Альтовіті"label QS:Leo,"Portreto de Bindo Altoviti"label QS:Lsv,"Porträtt av Bindo Altoviti"label QS:Lpl,"Portret Binda Aldovitiego"label QS:Lhe,"דיוקן של בינדו אלטוביטי"label QS:Lnl,"Portret van Bindo Altoviti"label QS:Les,"Retrato de Bindo Altoviti"label QS:Lsk,"Portrét Binda Altovitiho"label QS:Larz,"صوره لبيندو التوفيتى"label QS:Lar,"بورترية بيندو التوفيتي (لوحة)"label QS:Lca,"Retrat de Bindo Altoviti"
About This Work
A young man with long, light brown hair turns to gaze over his shoulder at the viewer. He wears a black beret and a vibrant blue mantle draped over his dark clothing, set against a deep green backdrop.
Altoviti was a prominent banker and patron whose social circle included the leading intellectuals of the 16th century. The portrait reflects the philosophical idea that outward physical beauty and grace are direct reflections of a person's inner spiritual character and nobility.
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Marsilio Ficino
The painting reflects the Neoplatonic ideal, popularized by Ficino, that the perception of physical beauty serves as a catalyst for the soul's recognition of divine truth.