I.
noun
1 a painting or photograph
ADJECTIVE
▪ full-length , half-length
▪ oil , pastel , etc.
▪ photographic
▪ equestrian , family , group , royal
VERB + PORTRAIT
▪ do , draw , paint
▪ sit for
▪ commission
▪ write
▪ display , exhibit , show
PORTRAIT + VERB
▪ hang
▪
Ancient family ~s hung on the walls of the staircase.
PORTRAIT + NOUN
▪ gallery
▪ artist , painter , photographer
▪
a fashionable ~ painter
▪ bust
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ by , ~ of
▪
a ~ of the writer by Picasso
2 detailed description
ADJECTIVE
▪ intimate
▪ vivid
▪
The novel provides a vivid ~ of the Holberg family.
▪ pen ( esp. BrE )
▪
The letters contained many deft pen ~s of his colleagues.
VERB + PORTRAIT
▪ create , draw
▪
The book drew a stark ~ of Quebec's urban poor.
▪ offer , present
II.
adj.
Portrait is used with these nouns: ↑ gallery , ↑ painter , ↑ painting , ↑ photograph , ↑ photographer , ↑ photography , ↑ studio