#vincenzo galdi

A gorgeous solo portrait by Vincenzo Galdi, such pin-sharp focus on the striking features of a timelessly handsome face.

Photographed by Vincenzo Galdi at the end of the 19th century, this portrait in classical style features an early appearance - indeed perhaps the very first! - by a fine young man who would soon find his fame in far more explicit and erotic images; we know him as Il Serpente.

A model we may recognise here, our fine friend the master of the subtly erotic pose (last seen here). I love how he’s that little bit plumper than most of the models in this era, soft flesh rather than prominant bones, and though it seems rather impolite to draw attention to it, he’s beautifully well-endowed, too.

Photograph by Vincenzo Galdi, I have a few more of his lined up to share soon.