Portrait of Ugolino Martelli, The portrait shows a half-length sitter from the waist up. He sits on the edge of a table with his body turned toward the viewer's right and his head pointed the other direction, off to the viewer's left. His gaze seems fixed on something other than the objects in his hand or his surroundings. He wears a black hat and black cloak and trousers, with only a trace of a white collar showing underneath. His clothes may show his wealth, but his knowledge and character may be signified by the objects he holds and sits near. His hands hold books; one in his left by Pietro Bembo, and the one in his right, Homer's Iliad, is open with his finger pointing to a particular page. The book is under a light pink table with a green table cloth atop. The scene looks to be painted in an exterior setting on the street or in a courtyard. Behind the sitter is a statue of the Biblical figure David standing with his left leg at the head of the defeated giant Goliath (the story comes from the Book of 1 Samuel 17. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., 1540

Portrait of Ugolino Martelli, The portrait shows a half-length sitter from the waist up. He sits on the edge of a table with his body turned toward the viewer's right and his head pointed the other direction, off to the viewer's left. His gaze seems fixed on something other than the objects in his hand or his surroundings. He wears a black hat and black cloak and trousers, with only a trace of a white collar showing underneath. His clothes may show his wealth, but his knowledge and character may be signified by the objects he holds and sits near. His hands hold books; one in his left by Pietro Bembo, and the one in his right, Homer's Iliad, is open with his finger pointing to a particular page. The book is under a light pink table with a green table cloth atop. The scene looks to be painted in an exterior setting on the street or in a courtyard. Behind the sitter is a statue of the Biblical figure David standing with his left leg at the head of the defeated giant Goliath (the story comes from the Book of 1 Samuel 17. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., 1540, spc-mss0088-s02-ss02-i5789, Box: 113. Contini-Volterra Photographic Archive, MSS.0088. Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives. https://collections.library.vanderbilt.edu//repositories/2/archival_objects/556360 Accessed September 19, 2026.