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You've probably seen Vincent Van Gogh's portrait of Dr Gache, or Rembrandt's portraits

for himself.

The history of art without the portrait is almost unacceptable. or Rembrand's portraits for himself.

The history of art without the portrait is almost unimaginable.

But it has philosophy anything to say about the portrait.

What, for example, is the difference between a picture and a portrait.

What can portraits tell us about human nature?

Cynthia Freeland is based at the University of Houston.

She is a philosopher who's written extensively about visual art.

Cynthia Freeland, welcome to Philosophy Bites.

Hello, I'm happy to be here.

We're going to talk about portraiture.

That's not an obvious topic for a philosopher.

What can a philosopher say about portraits?

Good question. When I began thinking about portature, I thought I would look at what philosophers have said and I was surprised to find virtually nothing.

It does surprise me because philosophers in thinking about the person and the self have often

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