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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Portrait of a Young Woman

🖼 Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1520
Oil on wood
60 × 44 cm
Strasbourg, France

Soft modeling and luminous skin tones define this Renaissance portrait of an elegant young woman, rendered with Raphael's characteristic grace and psychological subtlety. The work exemplifies High Renaissance portraiture's synthesis of idealized beauty with intimate human presence, influencing portrait conventions for centuries.

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E. H. Gombrich
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