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means The art or practice of making portraits — capturing a person's likeness, and ideally something of their character, in paint, pencil, or other media.

from From French 'portraiture,' built on 'portrait,' the noun from 'portraire' — to portray or depict — tracing back to Latin 'protrahere,' literally 'to draw forth' or 'reveal' (pro- 'forth' + trahere 'to draw'). The word carries its own quiet claim: a good portrait doesn't just copy a face, it drags something hidden out into the light.