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PONTORMO, Jacopo: Self-Portrait

🖼 Self-Portrait, 1526-28
Red chalk
155 × 107 cm
Florence, Italy

Piercing eyes stare directly outward as soft light models the young artist's face against a muted background, rendered with meticulous restraint. This introspective self-portrait exemplifies Mannerism's psychological intensity and Pontormo's influence on Renaissance portraiture through its unflinching emotional honesty.

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