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Portrait of a Seated Youth
Oil on panel, 91 x 70 cm, by Georg Pencz, 1544
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
 

A young man is depicted with poised elegance, his calm gaze and carefully arranged pose reflecting the ideals of humanist portraiture during the German Renaissance. He wears a tan, patterned doublet over voluminous crimson sleeves, and his prominent codpiece reflects the fashion and masculine display typical of the mid-16th century. The style, marked by crisp contours and close attention to surface and fabric, reveals the influence of both Dürer and Italian classicism.