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GOSSART, Jan: Portrait of a Man

🖼 Portrait of a Man, 1520-25
Oil on oak panel
57 × 46 cm
Fort Worth, USA

Rendered in oil with meticulous detail, this Flemish portrait captures a sober man against a dark background, his gaze piercing and direct. Gossart's precise technique and psychological intensity established new standards for Northern Renaissance portraiture, elevating the genre beyond mere likeness to profound character study.

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