Portrait-perceiver Gifts

Man to date about many self-portraits on his wall: 'Self-realization is where I'm headed.'

Cariactures

'The way the eyes follow you is uncanny.'

'The portrait is a mark of his extreme egotism, but, if you curtsy and bow sufficiently...say, 'Oh Yes Sir!'!, to everything he says, you should do OK'

"You're my Mona Lisa."

Framed Lady

Diego Velasquez

"Stop complaining and smile! It's a job, isn't it? NO wonder they call you Mona!"

'Are you done yet?'

'Could you tone down the smile just a little?'

Couple painting each other - one turns to the other and says, 'Hon, let's hire a model.'

Elizabeth II

Robert Charles Durman Mitchum caricature

Rembrandt's Selfies

Frida Kahlo

"And that's me as a shepherdess!"

Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge caricature

Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Portrait artist drawing DNA patterns.

AUGUSTUS JOHN

'Excuse me, would you mind...?'

'Curses! My eyes were closed.'

'If I don't like it, I rearrange your face.'

Mitch McConnell

"But is it..?"

"It's not the timing of our relationship that's wrong. It's the lighting."

'Well, you're not Michaelangelo!'

"I'd like a portrait of me in the style of him."

'I like it, but is it Art?'

"I hoped you'd like the size of it."

'You're messing with my head.'

"Your mother was young and restless and knew what she wanted. She wanted out."

Leonardo Da Vinci tries to make the Mona Lisa smile.

"There! - It looks like you now!!"

"I've been posing for half an hour. Shouldn't you be painting by now?"