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PARMIGIANINO: Portrait of a Youth

🖼 Portrait of a Youth, 1520s
Oil on wood
59 × 44 cm
Paris, France

Elongated features and tilted head create an aristocratic elegance rendered in soft oil glazes. This Mannerist portrait exemplifies early sixteenth-century Italian sophistication, influencing generations of portraiture through its psychological intensity and formal refinement.

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