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Portrait of a Young Man  1480

by Cosimo Tura

This is the only surviving independent portrait by Cosmè Tura, the brilliant court artist at Ferrara. It shows an unidentified member of the ruling Este family. The small, narrow format would have enabled the picture to be slipped into a leather or parchment case and carried about. The profile view prevailed in Italy well into the fifteenth century. For more information ab...
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Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art