portrait of a young man

Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto (1518 – 1594)

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Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto Portrait of a Young Man Venice, 1554 Oil on canvas 121 x 93.3 cm At the top right corner of this portrait an inscription reads (in Latin), ‘in the year 1554 in the month of May [or March], in the 22nd year of his age’. The actual identity of the young … Read more

Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)

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Joshua Reynolds A Portrait of a Young Man Devonport, about 1746 Oil on canvas 34.3 x 24.1 cm This portrait’s small scale has led to speculation about its function. Reynolds began his career as a portraitist in Devonport and it has been suggested that the man is a naval officer who wanted to take an … Read more