The phrase "a small portrait of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a physical representation or image of a person or object that is smaller in size.
Example: "She hung a small portrait of her grandmother in the living room, capturing her warm smile."
Alternatives: "a tiny depiction of" or "a miniature image of".
A small portrait of Beethoven hung next to the Board of Health certification.
One, which was titled "Nude" contained a small portrait of himself painting reflected in a mirror in the background.
Best of all at Nahum, however, is a small portrait of a beautiful teenage girl by John Everett Millais.
Beside it, at the end of the show, hangs a small portrait of David Hockney, even more recently completed.
As contributors leave the trailer, the last thing they see is a small portrait of the late Studs Terkel, the United States' patron saint of active listening.
There was nothing on the walls but bits of masking tape and, in one corner, a small portrait of Leonard, done in pencil.
Just above him is a smaller portrait of his estranged mentor, Bertrand Russell; just below is Wittgenstein's contemporary, Karl Popper, who seems to be whispering in his ear.
As the present queen of England lent a smaller portrait of Queen Victoria by Sully to the exhibition, we can conclude that his visits to Buckingham Palace left a favorable impression.
For all its finely calibrated emotions, "High Fidelity" (like "Diner") is a very small portrait of a hothouse world that even now is in the process of disappearing.
One of the earliest pictures in this small retrospective, a sweet small portrait of a young girl in muted colors that looks like something Alice Neel could have painted, is dated 1943.
A pleasing example of this arose out of the theft from Dulwich Picture Gallery – for the third time – of a small portrait by Rembrandt.
