A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model. / The art of painting or photographing portraits. / A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).

A painter or photographer who makes portraits.

plural of portraitist

plural of portraiture

Resembling or characteristic of a portrait.

(informal) A 2009 controversy that occurred when art galleries in Dublin displayed two oil paintings depicting Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland, in the nude.