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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Portrait of Bindo Altoviti

🖼 Portrait of Bindo Altoviti, 1512-15
Oil on wood
60 × 44 cm
Washington, United States

Luminous flesh tones and warm golden light define this Renaissance portrait, where the young merchant's three-quarter pose conveys both intimacy and authority. Raphael's idealized rendering established the prototype for High Renaissance portraiture, influencing how wealth and humanistic values were visually expressed for centuries.

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