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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Double Portrait

🖼 Double Portrait, c. 1516
Oil on canvas
77 × 111 cm
Rome, Italy

Two elegantly dressed Renaissance men occupy the canvas in soft, balanced light, their poses mirroring classical restraint. Raphael's double portrait epitomizes High Renaissance ideals of harmony and intellectual dignity, influencing portraiture for centuries.

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