The predominantly Baroque interior, refurbished at the turn of the century, is enlivened by a few brilliant portraits by the likes of Reynolds and Gainsborough.

A standout is a brilliant little portrait of Camille Monet stretched out on a mountainous chintz sofa, reading.

His first book, 'Red Horizons,'is indubitably the most brilliant portrait of a Communist regime I've ever read.

The revelations are merely the bold strokes in a penetrating, profane and sometimes brilliant portrait of what textbooks dryly call "the intelligence community."

A brilliant portrait of Graham Greene and one of the best books ever on friendship.

Among its virtues, "Emma's War" presents a brilliant portrait of this misunderstood type.

Said draws a brilliant portrait of his father, with whom he always had strained relations.

I thought it was a brilliant portrait of Obama and made a hard copy of it.

This collection was hailed as a "brilliant portrait of life in a foreign city" and "a glorious example of sparse language and observations."

Without warning he picked up a vase and hurled it, the china connecting with a brilliant portrait of himself.