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PINTURICCHIO: Portrait of a Boy

🖼 Portrait of a Boy, 1485-1500
Oil and tempera on poplar
50 × 36 cm
Dresden, Germany

Soft brushwork captures an adolescent's contemplative gaze, his delicate features rendered against dark background with Renaissance precision. Pinturicchio's intimate portrait exemplifies early 16th-century Italian portraiture, emphasizing psychological depth over decorative grandeur.

The story of art
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E. H. Gombrich
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