• DankOfAmerica
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    51 day ago

    Consider that the artist probably, at the direction of the subject, made some alterations (aka photoshopped) to the painting in order for the portrait to come out how they wanted to appear. It’s possible that the subject looked even worse.

    • Flying Squid
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      31 day ago

      Oh almost certainly. You don’t make the king look bad.