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| The Portrait | |
| Artist: | René Magritte |
| Year: | 1935 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 73.3 |
| Width Metric: | 50.2 |
| Height Imperial: | 28⅞ |
| Width Imperial: | 19⅞ |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | Museum of Modern Art |
| City: | New York |
The Portrait is an oil on canvas painting by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, from 1935.
It depicts an almost photo-realistic table setting with a slice of ham in the center, with an eye staring back at the viewer from the center of the ham.
This painting was once part of the private collection of the surrealist painter Kay Sage. In 1956 she donated it as a gift to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.[1]