portraitist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of portraitist
Example Sentences
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Two features define Rembrandt as a portraitist and serve as the measure of his greatness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026
For more than 80 years, the location of late-baroque Italian portraitist Giuseppe Ghislandi's painting of the Contessa Colleoni had been unknown until now.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
From his beginnings in fashion to his development as a portraitist, his photography consisted of staged performances where he enthralled sitters with his charm.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
But the image that haunts me from this show is a simple painting by the portraitist Jordan Casteel, called “Fendi.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
He met Rubens as a portraitist and took no odds of him.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James
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