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LOTTO, Lorenzo: Portrait of a Gentleman with Gloves

🖼 Portrait of a Gentleman with Gloves, c. 1543
Oil on canvas
90 × 75 cm
Milan, Italy

Soft light models the gentleman's contemplative face as he holds delicate gloves, rendered with meticulous detail against a shadowed background. Lotto captures psychological intensity rare in 16th-century portraiture, elevating a merchant's likeness into profound character study through penetrating observation.

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