portraiture /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/ noun3 •The art of painting or photographing portraits. •A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.For, by the image of my cause, I see / The portraiture of his. — 1599 •A portrait (or portraits considered as a group). formsportraitures