Attributed to Marco BIGIO (Active between 1523 and 1550 ) Portrait of a young man holding a carnation Oil on poplar panel, reinforced by two vertical crosspieces (Restorations) Portrait of a young gentleman, oil on poplar panel, attr. to M. Bigio 37.80 x 31.50 in. 96.0 x 80.0 cm Provenance: Jacques Goudstikker Collection (1897-1940), Amsterdam, no. 1607/1749 ; Collection of Professor Otto Lanz (1865-1935); Then by descent to his wife, Anna Willi-Lanz (1870-1954); Deposited by her to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, in 1935; Acquired with the entire collection through his son G. B. Lanz by Hans Posse on behalf of Adolf Hitler for the Führer-Museum in Linz; Stored at the Alt-Aussee salt mine, Germany, no. 6847, then taken to the collection point in Munich on 22 October 1945, mu-no. 11275 ; Returned to the Netherlands after the war on 15 and 16 January 1946; Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit ; Sale from the Otto Lanz collection; Amsterdam, Frederik Muller, 19 March 1951, no. 199 Bibliography: Wilhelm Suida, "L'autoritratto e un modello del Sodoma", Dedalo, anno IX (1928-1929), vol. III, pp. 517-524, repr. p. 519 (as Sodoma) R. Ciampolini, "Anton Maria Lari, detto il Tozzo", Giuliano Briganti, La pittura in Italia: il Cinquecento, vol. II, Milan, 1988, p. 746 (as Anton Maria Lari, detto il Tozzo) Roberto Bartalini, Le occasioni del Sodoma, Rome, 1996, p. 16, note 10 Our painting is probably an engagement portrait, as evidenced by the red carnation on the model's right hand, a symbol of shared love. Attributed to Marco BIGIO (Active between 1523 and 1550 ) 96.0 x 80.0 cm Our painting is probably an engagement portrait, as evidenced by the red carnation on the sitter's right hand, a symbol of shared love.