The Big Dictionary of Dreams
by Martha Clarke
Seeing a portrait of yourself reflects the visible world in reality. A self- portrait allows you to illuminate your true personality or what you desire to be. In general, this type of dream shows a lack of communication with one’s interior.
If you create a positive image of yourself, it means that you are satisfied with how you are.
If the opposite is shown, the dream evidences that you are afraid to discover something hidden in yourself. Lastly, dreaming of making a portrait of someone else manifests feelings toward that person.
The Complete Guide to Interpreting Your Dreams
by Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett
To give or receive a portrait in your dream is a warning of deceptive flattery around you; if your dream concerned having your portrait painted, or made by photography, it portends disenchantment in love; a dream of seeing someone else sitting for a portrait signifies a rise in status.
See also Artist, Oil Painting, Ancestors, Pic- tures, Colors, etc.
Little Giant Encyclopedia
by Klaus Vollmar
You are getting a clearer picture about yourself or somebody else. Calls for creative vision and actions instead of logic alone. Portraits almost always show characteristics of the dreamer. Every picture is a self- portrait and a reflection of one’s personal or broad and universal attitudes.
See Picture.
