Porträt von Giuliano de' Medici

Executed in oil on canvas, the painting employs the refined brushwork and balanced composition associated with Counter‑Mannerism, a movement that sought greater naturalism after the exaggerated forms of High Mannerism. Santi di Tito’s handling of light on the fabrics and the subtle modeling of the face reveal a careful study of volume within a relatively restrained palette.

After its completion, the portrait entered the Medici collection and, following the family’s bequest, became part of the Uffizi’s holdings in the eighteenth century. It has remained in the museum’s permanent display, providing scholars with a clear example of Santi di Tito’s late‑Renaissance portraiture and the visual strategies employed by Florentine patrons of the era.