swagger portrait
English
Noun
swagger portrait (plural swagger portraits)
- A grand, impressive portrait commissioned by someone rich or famous to emphasise their status, importance etc.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 2:
- Louis had adopted the same dainty stance – left leg forward, toes pointed, foot arched – in Rigaud's justly famous swagger portrait of the monarch in full ceremonial regalia.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 2: