Giuliano de' Medici (1478–1480)
Sandro Botticelli
Tempera on Panel. Florentine, Renaissance.
Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century
This portrait of young Giuliano de’ Medici was likely painted after his murder in 1478. The downward tilt of his head, lowered eyelids, half-open window, and turtledove on a dead branch can all symbol…