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UCCELLO, Paolo: Portrait of a Young Man

🖼 Portrait of a Young Man, 1440-42
Oil on canvas
47 × 36 cm
Tournai, France

Rendered in profile, the young man's sharp features emerge against a dark background, his elegant clothing meticulously detailed with linear precision. Uccello's geometric rigor captures Renaissance ideals of proportion and rational beauty, establishing portraiture conventions that defined the period.

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