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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Portrait of a Man

🖼 Portrait of a Man, c. 1502
Oil on wood
45 × 31 cm
Rome, Italy

Soft light models a young man's contemplative face, rendered with Raphael's characteristic clarity and psychological depth. This early Renaissance portrait established the humanist ideal of the individual—capturing inner life through refined technique and intimate scale.

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E. H. Gombrich
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