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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger: Portrait of a Man

🖼 Portrait of a Man, 1535
Oil and gold on oak panel, diameter 33 cm
New York, United States

Piercing eyes and austere features dominate this half-length portrait, rendered with Holbein's signature precise draftsmanship and cool palette. The work exemplifies Northern Renaissance portraiture's psychological intensity and established Holbein's reputation as court painter to Henry VIII.

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E. H. Gombrich
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