Sentence examples for portrait such as from inspiring English sources
Parts of this portrait, such as the preacher's hands, were clearly painted by a studio assistant, no doubt after the sitter had left the studio.
Dark areas of the XRF map for iron (Fe) indicate where one might expect to find Prussian blue in the portrait, such as the sitter's jacket (his right arm and left shoulder), the bold outlines of the cushion behind his head, the contours of his hair, and fine lines defining his hand, bow tie, and facial features.
Francis has individualized features, to the point that the attention to his face gives it the quality of a portrait such as van Eyck's c. 1431 Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati.
Other portraits, such as Paula Rego's frank 1995 depiction of Germaine Greer, pleased critics and the sitter alike.
Among Demuth's best-known works are his poster portraits such as the tribute to the poet William Carlos Williams, I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold.
Mr Young paints incisive portraits, such as one describing the world-weary Druze chieftain Walid Jumblatt, "his eyelids for ever sagging under the weight of his impossible choices".
His engravings include historical portraits, such as those of the kings of France; heraldic designs; title pages; and scenes of warfare, hunting, and pageantry.
With remarkable group portraits such as The Celebration of the Peace of Münster at the Crossbowmen's Headquarters, Amsterdam (1648), Helst replaced Rembrandt as Amsterdam's most fashionable portrait painter in the mid-1640s.
Most of Pisanello's painted portraits, such as the Margherita Gonzaga (c. 1438), and Lionello d'Este (c. 1440), show the sitter in profile (a convention of Pisanello's portrait medals) against a background of delicate, colourful flowers and butterflies.
From 1631 to 1635, in Uylenburgh's workshop, Rembrandt produced a substantial number of portraits (mainly pairs of pendants) and some group portraits, such as The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632).
It's just that in very good portraits — such as these of Maude Schuyler Clay's — there's a lot to experience, and the more of ourselves and of the pictures we engage the better it is for everybody.
