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portrait

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


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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

Bought for $236.4 million, "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt became the second most expensive work ever sold at auction.

From Barron's • May 19, 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

He added that the lawyers also confirmed to him these paintings had been included in the 1940 auction where Brand believes "Portrait of a Young Girl" had been sold.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

On either side of the television, and above it, the Bahrami Family Portrait Gallery extended into a new wing.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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