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Veronica :: Veronica (n.) A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation of the face of the Savior. Formerly called also Vernacle, and Vernicle..

Effigy :: Effigy (n.) The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits..

Background :: Background (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.

Likeness :: Likeness (n.) That which closely resembles; a portrait.

Limner :: Limner (n.) One who paints portraits.

Portraiture :: Portraiture (n.) The art or practice of making portraits.

Flatter :: Flatter (v. t.) To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him..

Hermes :: Hermes (n.) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Ter

Portraiture :: Portraiture (v. t.) To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray..

Three-quarter :: Three-quarter (a.) Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.

Retrait :: Retrait (n.) A portrait; a likeness.

Paint :: Paint (v. t.) To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape..

Liveliness :: Liveliness (n.) An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait..

Sudary :: Sudarium (n.) The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion..

Icon :: Icon (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (n.) That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.

Statued :: Statue (n.) A portrait.

Pose :: Pose (v. t.) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait..

Sitter :: Sitter (n.) One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust..

Bishop''s Length :: Bishop's length () A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56.

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