RAFFAELLO Sanzio
(b. 1483, Urbino, d. 1520, Roma)

Portrait of a Man

c. 1504
Oil on wood, 51 x 37 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Both the identity of the sitter and the authorship of the painting are still matters of debate. The attribution to Raphael is supported by the majority of contemporary scholars. As for the subject, the Italian painter Perugino and the German reformer Martin Luther are mentioned as possible identification.