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LOTTO, Lorenzo: Portrait of Febo da Brescia

🖼 Portrait of Febo da Brescia, 1544
Oil on canvas
82 × 78 cm
Milan, Italy

Soft light models a young man's thoughtful face, rendered with subtle glazes and warm ochre tones. Lotto's psychological intensity captures Renaissance portraiture's shift toward introspective character study rather than mere likeness.

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