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A famous portrait was rejected for being “too accurate.” Truth is apparently not always aesthetic.

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This is a joke, not a documented case. Portraits have been rejected or disliked for many reasons, but no famous one is known for being turned down as 'too accurate.' Portrait painters were generally expected to flatter their subjects.

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