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ANDREA DEL CASTAGNO: Portrait of a Gentleman

🖼 Portrait of a Gentleman, 1450-57
Tempera on panel
56 × 41 cm
Washington, United States

Piercing eyes and sharp modeling define this profile portrait, rendered with sculptural precision and unflinching realism. Del Castagno's technique captures Renaissance ideals of individual dignity and rational humanism emerging in 15th-century Florence.

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E. H. Gombrich
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