portraiture
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You could say that the Flemish painter, who served in the courts of two 17th-century English kings, created an imposing style of portraiture that was its own last word.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The selections showcase “love, connection, togetherness,” Mrs. Kirkland writes, and reflect her husband’s varied assignments, ranging from candid to portraiture to promotional.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Steeped in first-person portraiture, the film depicts peripheral characters obliquely, like a shadow without a body.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
The auctioneer's Luke Bodalbhai said the Fellowes painting exhibited Carriera's "talent as one of the leading lights of 18th Century portraiture".
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025
They are the first harbingers of a tradition of portraiture that will continue unbroken until the collapse of the Roman Empire.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
