“Centered on the canvas, each image bears a number of formal attributes associated with conventional portraiture.”
“This prominent element in his character cannot be omitted without doing him great injustice and rendering the portraiture of his life very incomplete.”
“He had created a portrait that was in effect a whole treatise about portraiture as an art.”
portrait
A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
(figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
(computing) A printorientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.