Trippin' Through Time

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, I read somewhere that the real skill was being able to prettify the kings and queens as much as "necessary"/requested, while still also retaining as much of their recognisable "personality" as possible... Quite a hard job, I imagine, and thus probably dangerous one.

I don't have a source (anymore), but it sounds so plausible.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i'm no expert but i remember reading somewhere that queen victoria demanded honesty/accuracy in her portraits in later years, which really, sets her portraits apart from the "prettified" ones

https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-most-painted-royal-in-history-queen-victoria-in-portraits

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks for sharing. It was quite cool to see the transition.