Art Explainer: what is a portrait?

What is a portrait, and why is every portrait different?

There are lots of different portraits of all sorts of different people in the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection. They were made by artists in all sorts of ways. In this video we look at lots of portraits, small and large, old and new, to explore what a portrait can be.

Explore further at: www.npg.org.uk/schools-hub/art-explainer-what-is-a-portrait