Portrait of Bindo Altoviti [SEP] creator
Portrait of Bindo Altoviti
The Portrait of Bindo Altoviti is a painting finished around 1515 by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. It is housed in the National Gallery of Art of Washington, D.C., United States.
Bindo Altoviti was a rich banker born in Rome in 1491 of Florentine origin. He was a cultured man who liked the arts. 
The graceful, almost effeminate position of the subject along with the heavy contrast between light and shadow are atypical of Raphael's work, particularly of his portraits of men,
the 18 century Giovambattista Altoviti was able to expand his collection as he inherited at the request of his friend Pietro Paolo Avila, his palazzo in Rome together with is prestigious art collection and the name Avila was joined to the name Altoviti. When in the 19 century parts of the collection was sold, the portrait of Bindo Altoviti was sold to Ludwig I of Bavaria and the status of the Villa Adiana to the Borghese.
The Altoviti also had a palazzo called "dei Viscacci" with portraits of famous Florentine people such as