Appiano Buonafede was an Italian philosopher who published under the name Agatopisto Cromaziano. He composed Italy's first full-length history of philosophy in his seven-volume Della Istoria e Della Indole di Ogni Filosophia. He is depicted here holding a volume of his own work. A signed and dated version of the present portrait by Vincenzo Milione is in the collection of the Palazzina della Direzione Generale in Forli, and bears an inscription identifying the sitter.