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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Consider that the artist probably, at the direction of the subject, made some alterations (aka photoshopped) to the painting in order for the portrait to come out how they wanted to appear. It's possible that the subject looked even worse.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Oh almost certainly. You don't make the king look bad.