Sandro Botticelli’s Portrait of a Youth (c 1482-85). The vertical portrait features the head, shoulders, and chest of a young man with pale skin and shoulder-length, dark blond hair, set against a stark black background behind a gray stone ledge.

He wears a brown garment, possibly lined with fur, and a distinctive crimson-red, flat-topped cap. While his head is tilted left, his eyes gaze intensely to the right, lending the figure a sense of distant, psychological focus. Notably, his right hand rests on his chest with the middle finger overlapping the ring finger, a subtle but intriguing gesture.