portraiture

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Eleri Lynn, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, said the display of images spanning 300 years of family photoshoots, commissioned portraiture and official engagements would embark on a tour planned to span the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Christopher Behroozian is a California-based photographer whose work explores intimacy, memory and existence through portraiture.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

A transcript of a candid conversation, held when Van Der Zee was 91 years old, is one of two texts that complement the funeral portraiture; the other is writing by the poet Owen Dodson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 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