Leo Samberger, Portrait of a Young Man

Leo Samberger, Portrait of a Young Man A half-length portrait of a young man gazing sceptically at the viewer with an imposing expression; presumably a portrait of Dante Alighieri, whose physiognomy he repeatedly explored; this portrait study, rendered briskly in shades of brown and limited to the essential details, still impressively demonstrates the influence of Franz von Lenbach, from whom the artist later distanced himself. Samberger remarks on his working method: ‘... I painted my fellow

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