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POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO: Two male heads

🖼 Two male heads, -
Red chalk on brown paper
142 × 113 cm
Florence, Italy

Rendered in bold charcoal, two male heads emerge from shadow with intense psychological focus. Polidoro's study captures Renaissance mastery of human expression and anatomical precision, influencing later portrait traditions.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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