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RUBENS, Peter Paul: Portrait of a Young Woman

🖼 Portrait of a Young Woman, 1630-36
Black and red chalk
473 × 354 cm
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Soft, luminous skin rendered in warm tones dominates this three-quarter portrait, the subject gazing directly outward with composed elegance. Rubens' masterful brushwork and idealized beauty exemplify Flemish portraiture's psychological depth and technical virtuosity during the Counter-Reformation era.

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E. H. Gombrich
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