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PERUGINO, Pietro: Portrait of Francesco delle Opere

🖼 Portrait of Francesco delle Opere, 1494
Tempera on wood
52 × 44 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft light models a serene face in three-quarter view, rendered with Perugino's characteristic clarity and restraint. This portrait exemplifies Renaissance ideals of harmony and virtue, establishing the formal conventions that defined Florentine portraiture for generations.

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