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Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces by Sir Joshua Reynolds. A woman holds a coin over a burner with three naked figures. A woman pours a liquid from a jug into a saucer behind her.

How did the artist of the above painting attempt to elevate the portrait to a higher status?
a.
by using classical and mythological themes
b.
by including more technical aspects
c.
by including linear perspective and vanishing point
d.
by adding a child to the painting

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a. by using classical and mythological themes

Reynolds often dressed sitters as mythological or allegorical figures (the Graces here) to give portraiture the dignity and moral weight of history painting.