GHISLANDI, Giuseppe
(b. 1655, Bergamo, d. 1743, Bergamo)

Portrait of a Youth

c. 1730
Oil on canvas, 76 x 58 cm
Private collection

The present portrait of a youth, bust-length, wearing a red hat and sash, is an autograph version of the painter's prototype in the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. The sitter is most likely identifies as one of the altarboys associated with the convent in which the artist lived.