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TINTORETTO: Portrait of a Young Gentleman

🖼 Portrait of a Young Gentleman, c. 1555
Oil on canvas
105 × 92 cm
Rome, Italy

Dramatic shadow and luminous flesh tones define this three-quarter portrait, rendered with Tintoretto's characteristic bold brushwork. The sitter's penetrating gaze and elegant restraint exemplify sixteenth-century Venetian portraiture's psychological depth and aristocratic refinement.

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E. H. Gombrich
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