The subject is Francesco Roberti, son of Count Tiberio and brother of the better known Roberto Roberti. The size of the portrait and the quick and lean drafting make it suitable for a family environment. Although it is a youthful work of the master linked to the Venetian and Roman experience, where he knows the Canova environment and comes into contact with the Roberti counts, the portrait strikes for the sure immediacy, the communicative ability and the introspection of the subject.