01383nam a2200205Ia 4500001001100000100003400011101000800045200005200053210000900105215003400114300073400148608001300882650002100895700006500916801000700981856007400988857009001062909001201152991001301164Π.1871eng  a20140611d9999 m y0grey0103 ga  aeng1 aYoung Artist and His Modelb[Painting]fUnknown  d1842  a66 x 50 cm [Oil on cardboard]  aAn appealing as well as seminal work, this painting marks the beginning of Greek portraiture. A painting by an unknown to us artist beckons us to visit a young Greek painter's studio. He is wearing a characteristic costume of the Greek islands, sitting in front of his easel, adding the finishing touches to a male portrait. The sitter, a youth dressed in occidental clothes with a bow-tie is upright, examining his likeness in the painting. Another young man, probably an apprentice painter, also wearing an island costume and cap, is comparing the sitter and his image in order to evaluate the verisimilitude. These may well be young students of the recently established School of Arts, practicing the new genre of portraiture.  aPainting  aOil on cardboard 1aUnknownuhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artist/unknown-2/  a59  uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artwork/young-artist-and-his-model/  ahttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/73684_2000_2000-500x657.jpg  aΠ.1871  aPAINTING