Portraits serve two functions: one, as introduction, the other, commemoration. Portraits are an introduction to someone you have never met—perhaps a princess you are interested in marrying (or, at least, your parents and the GDP of your kingdom are invested in you marrying), a glimpse of who and what the person is about, looks like, and may be like.
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Portraits serve two functions: one, as introduction, the other, commemoration. Portraits are an introduction to someone you have never met—perhaps a princess you are interested in marrying (or, at least, your parents and the GDP of your kingdom are invested in you marrying), a glimpse of who and what the person is about, looks like, and may be like.