portrait galleries
Halls of likenesses
Portrait galleries are spaces—rooms, wings of museums, or entire institutions—dedicated to displaying painted or photographic portraits.
The term often refers specifically to national collections documenting notable figures: The National Portrait Gallery houses images of presidents and cultural icons.
A portrait gallery may also be a section of a website or publication featuring headshots or biographical images.
- old mastersHistoric European artists
- curationSelective organization of items
- historical figuresSignificant people from the past
- art collectionAssembled creative works
- frameSupporting outer structure
subject · artist · famous faces · sitter · ancestral lineage · family tree · stately homes · chiaroscuro · gilt frame · miniature painting · oil painting · Victorian era · lighting design · cultural icons · gaze · sitting for · realism · viewer
- museum collectionsart collections, art collection, paintings, antiquities, historical artifacts
- exhibitsmuseum exhibit, science exhibit, interactive exhibit, dinosaur exhibit, space exhibit
- Portrait Artbusts, famous faces, public figures, political figures, commissions
- Official Portraitsformal poses
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