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LOTTO, Lorenzo: Portrait of a Lady

🖼 Portrait of a Lady, c. 1506
Oil on wood
36 × 28 cm
Dijon, France

Soft light illuminates a woman's contemplative face, her jeweled hands gesturing expressively against dark fabric. Lotto's psychological depth and intimate portraiture revolutionized Renaissance conventions, capturing inner emotion rather than mere aristocratic status.

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