Bassano's Eloquent Faces and Hands

A master artist tells the story of an encounter with the man who is God

The two most communicative parts of the human body are the face and the hands. Every great artist knows this and devotes special care to the depiction of both. Outstanding portraitists like Rembrandt, Titian, and Sargent will lavish the most exquisite care on every detail of the face and sometimes of the hands, while letting many other aspects of the bo…