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portrait

[pawr-trit, -treyt, pohr-] / ˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, ˈpoʊr- /


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González’s portrait of Allen is currently on view at London’s National Portrait Gallery, hanging in the same room as a self-portrait by David Hockney.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

The Portrait Gallery also has a copy of Johan Joseph Zoffany’s bust portrait of John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

This includes a career-spanning survey at London’s National Portrait Gallery that will travel to Edinburgh’s Royal Scottish Academy, as well as exhibitions in Kassel, Germany, and Trondheim, Norway.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

He searched the archives of an auction in 1940 where part of the looted Goudstikker collection went under the hammer and found item number 92: "Portrait of a Young Girl" by Toon Kelder.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

“Did you see the Sears Portrait Studio out there?” she asked, then sang, “One of these things is not like the other...”

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway




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