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CRANACH, Lucas the Elder: Portrait Study of a Clean-Shaven Man

🖼 Portrait Study of a Clean-Shaven Man, c. 1520
Oil on paper primed with brownish colour over pen and chalk, mounted on canvas
223 × 160 cm
Berlin, Germany

Precise linework captures a clean-shaven man's contemplative gaze, rendered with Northern Renaissance restraint and psychological depth. Cranach's intimate study exemplifies early 16th-century German portraiture's shift toward individual characterization over status display.

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