portrait

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As a portrait of an artist at a crossroads, it's compellingly knotty.

From BBC

Nearby, a huge billboard covering an entire building displays a portrait of the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in strikes on Saturday.

From Barron's

In fiction that means a darkly comic novel about a gay married couple on the vacation from hell on to a debut portrait of first-gen Asian American angst.

From Los Angeles Times

A photo portrait of Sir Elton John, David Furnish and their two teenage sons has been unveiled by the National Portrait Gallery.

From BBC

"It's very high quality. Sometimes with Rembrandt's portraits you feel that he's producing in quantity, but with this painting you really feel that he dedicated his soul to it."

From BBC