The French kings are depicted accompanied by portraits of their queens, ministers, marshals, diplomats etc.
Owners also wished to have their status memorialized in paint, as they did by commissioning portraits of themselves.
Gort is commemorated at the castle by a plaque near the portcullis, and by portraits of him and his wife in the castle.
The fourteen board members met once a month in a larger oakpanelled room, dominated at both ends by portraits, one of William's father, the other of his grandfather.
Hye-young (Jun Ji-hyun) is an artist who makes her living by sketching portraits of people for 30 euros per portrait.
They commemorated their grand tour by commissioning portraits of themselves in their travels or beside renowned antiquities.
Wells called Hammerschidt-Hummel's findings "rubbish", and he has been unmoved by other putative portraits.
He eked out his income by painting stage decor, portraits of notable Grahamstown residents and giving art classes.
By Tessin portraits are ten copies recorded in Swedish Portrait Archive.
Friendship, rivalry, alliances of ideas and sympathies - down the centuries, artists have expressed these things by exchanging portraits.