What is Portrait?
[[File:VanGogh 1887 Selbstbildnis.jpg|thumb|right|220px|An example of a portrait showing the painter [[Vincent van Gogh]]. It is a self-portrait because van Gogh is also the person who made the portrait.]] [[File:Sir Anthony Van Dyck - Charles I (1600-49) - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|[[Anthony van Dyck]], ''Charles I in Three Positions'', 1635-1636, shows profile, full face and three-quarter views, to send to [[Bernini]] in Rome, who was to sculpt a bust from this model.]] A '''portrait''' is a [[painting]] or a [[photograph]] of a [[person]]'s [[face]] and its expression. The purpose of a portrait is to show the likeness, [[personality]], and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography, a portrait is actually not a snapshot, but a calm image of a person in a still position. A portrait normally shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer. == Gallery == <gallery> File:Jan Vermeer van Delft 007.jpg|''[[Girl with a Pearl Earring]]'', [[Vermeer]]'s most famous painting. File:Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) - Portrait of Gertrude Sanford.jpg |[[William Orpen]]: ''Portrait of Gertrude Sanford,'' 1922 File:Fayum-02.jpg|Roman-Egyptian funeral portrait of a woman |A typical [[selfie]], shot from a high angle File:Sharaku2.jpg|[[Sharaku]]: Actor Ichikawa Ebozo as Takemura Sadanoshin, 1794. File:Butch Cassidy mugshot detail.jpg|Butch Cassidy [[mug shot]] from the Wyoming Territorial Prison in 1894. File:Self portrait of Edward Sheriff Curtis.jpg|Photographic self-portrait by Edward S. Curtis, 1899</gallery> == Other websites == {{wiktionary}} {{Commonscat|Portraits}} {{Commonscat|Selfportrait}} * [http://www.npg.si.edu/ National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution] * [http://www.npg.org.uk/ National Portrait Gallery London] * [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/pubcent.asp Painting The Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces] * [http://www.research.umbc.edu/~ivy/selfportrait/ Jeanne Ivy's Self-Portrait Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020310083512/http://www.research.