Favourites: Piero di Cosimo’s ‘A Young Man’

Piero di Cosimo

Anna Sayburn has a favourite painting at the Gallery:

I love the fresh, clear colours of this little portrait. It’s so simple, but quite arresting. This renaissance gentleman gazes cooly across the centuries, with serene poise. I find it hard to believe it was painted in around 1500, because it makes such a direct connection with the viewer.


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Founding Editor and Writer. Anna is a journalist working for the BMJ publishing group. She has worked as a news reporter and arts editor for local newspapers and as science editor for medical magazines. She likes eating, writing nonsense and playing the ukelele.
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