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@Oliver Schick
I wonder if this is another one of those many instances in which the portrait artist essentially stabs the sitter in the back by exploiting the lack of an understanding of art that one seems to find in prominent sitters quite generally. I think Adrian Searle has got it quite wrong here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/11/duchess-of-cambridge-portrait-emsley
Far from it being just bland, this portrait makes her look vile and ridiculous at the same time, which is quite an achievement.