| Portrait of Benedetto Varchi | |
| Artist: | Titian |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 119.3 |
| Width Metric: | 92.7 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | Kunsthistorisches Museum |
| City: | Vienna |
| Accession: | GG_91 |
Portrait of Benedetto Varchi, also called Portrait of a Man, is an oil on canvas painting by Titian. It was painted c. 1536-1540, and hangs today in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, in Vienna.
According to Walter Gronau, the indication that the person here represented is Benedetto Varchi, the Florentine historian and humanist scholar, seems in no way proved.[1] It is signed "Titianus F.", with some repainting.[2] Though restored, Gronau thinks it a genuine work by Titian. From the style, he thinks that this portrait must have been painted about 1550, possibly somewhat later. The Kunsthistorisches Museum, however, identifies the sitter as Benedetto Varchi without any qualification, and states that it was probably painted during his stay in Venice in 1536–1540.[3]