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TINTORETTO: Self-Portrait

🖼 Self-Portrait, c. 1547
Oil on canvas
46 × 38 cm
Philadelphia, USA

Rendered in dramatic chiaroscuro, the artist gazes directly outward, his face emerging from shadow with penetrating intensity and psychological depth. This self-portrait established Tintoretto's reputation for bold introspection and technical mastery during the Venetian Renaissance.

The story of art
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E. H. Gombrich
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