The phrase "authentic portrait" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a true and accurate representation of a person, situation, or concept, often in artistic or literary contexts.
Example: "The artist's latest work is an authentic portrait of the struggles faced by the community."
Alternatives: "genuine depiction" or "true representation".
The ingredients don't add up to an authentic portrait.
So does Sterling Hyltin, who in her "Fancy Free" debut channeled her innocent sensuality into an unusually authentic portrait of a period working girl.
But we can't, and the newly identified, supposedly truly authentic, portrait of him won't do that any more finally that there can be a "final" interpretation of Hamlet.
There is no authentic portrait of him, though the 17th-century Chesterfield portrait has been copied so often it has become a kind of consensus.
They looked like an authentic portrait of American teen-age yearning, both raucous and shy: "My God, are we going to be like our parents?" Emilio Estevez asked, in a line from "The Breakfast Club".
In its oddball, fragmentary way, Palo Alto feels like an authentic portrait of teenage alienation in suburban America: hardly a new subject but one that Franco, with the considerable energies at his disposal, makes vivid and distinctive.
Mr. Nobbs (of "Fuddy Meers" and "Stupid Kids") and Ms. Antoine have the juicier roles, and they offer equally authentic portraits in erotic ambivalence.
The young, clean-scrubbed cast is more effective in creating a general climate of feeling than in summoning authentic portraits of individuals, yet there's no denying the work's emotional pull.
The young cast is more effective in creating a general climate of feeling than in summoning authentic portraits of individuals, yet there's no denying the work's emotional pull.
David Denby reviewed "Detropia" in the September 10th issue, calling it "the most moving documentary I've seen in years," and, as a native Detroiter, I'd add that it's one of the most authentic portraits of the city I've seen.
The less sure the discriminator is that an image is artificial, the closer it tends to be to the authentic portraits.
