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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 10145727, member: 76316&quot;]The very first, at the top of the page, an&#039; your example by Flinck, AJ, share a riveting feature: the right eye of the sitter is directly fixed on the viewer...an&#039; is positioned on the canvas centrally on the horizontal, about a weak third of the vertical. These are an example, I&#039;m sure, of some universally understood standard of portraiture...an&#039; are obviously powerfully effective in producing the desired capture of our attention.</p><p>My experience is limited, my knowledge even less...but these are commanding, gimlet-eyed gazes...neither of those gentlemen are brooking any nonsense![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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