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LOTTO, Lorenzo: Portrait of a Goldsmith in Three Positions

🖼 Portrait of a Goldsmith in Three Positions, c. 1530
Oil on canvas
52 × 79 cm
Vienna, Austria

Three profile views capture a goldsmith's face in meticulous detail, rendered with soft modeling and warm tonality. Lotto's triple-portrait format innovatively documents both physiognomy and profession, establishing a prototype for anatomical study that influenced Renaissance portraiture.

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E. H. Gombrich
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