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LOTTO, Lorenzo: Portrait of a Man with a Felt Hat

🖼 Portrait of a Man with a Felt Hat, 1541
Oil on paper mounted to paperboard and lined
58 × 47 cm
Ottawa, Canada

Soft light models the sitter's contemplative face beneath a dark felt hat, rendered with Lotto's characteristic psychological intensity and subtle modeling. This penetrating portrait exemplifies Renaissance humanism's focus on individual character and inner life over mere likeness.

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E. H. Gombrich
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