Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594)
Autoritratto come giovane uomo (Self-Portrait as a Young Man)
c.1548
Oil on pine panel, 45.7 × 36.8 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
This early and forceful self-portrait, by one of the greatest Venetian painters, was done with the aid of a mirror. Portraits of artists became popular with collectors during the Renaissance. Ionides bought this work in the belief that it was by Titian. (V&A)
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Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594)
Autoritratto
c.1546–1548
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia