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{{Quote|Hogwarts portraits are able to talk and move around from picture to picture. They behave like their subjects. However, the degree to which they can interact with the people looking at them depends not on the skill of the painter, but on the power of the witch or wizard painted.|Description|Pottermore}}
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'''Portraits''' are paintings made of certain individuals, namely [[Wizardkind|witches and wizards]].<ref name="HPLE">{{HPLE}}</ref>
   
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The subject of a [[magic]]al portrait is sentient due to [[Charm|enchantments]] placed on the portrait by the painter. The portrait will be able to use some of the subject's favourite phrases and imitate their general demeanour based on how the subject appears to the painter; however, they are limited in what they can say or do.<ref name="pottermore">{{PM|hogwarts-portraits}}</ref> A portrait can also move from portrait to portrait, or else visit a portrait of them elsewhere in the world.<ref name="OOTP37">{{OOTP|B|37}}</ref>
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'''Portraits''' are paintings made of certain individuals, namely [[Wizardkind|witches and warlocks]].<ref name="HPLE">''[[Harry Potter Limited Edition]]''</ref>
  
   
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[[Bimp]], [[Oliver Cartwright]], [[John Homme]], [[Luxo Karuzos]], [[Picasso|Pablo Picasso]] and [[Leonardo Da Vinci]] were all expert painters. [[Magenta Comstock]] was an experimental painter whose subjects' eyes followed their viewers home.<ref name="WotM">''[[Wizard of the Month]]''</ref>
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The subject of a [[magic|magical]] portrait is sentient due to [[Charm|enchantments]] placed on the portrait by the painter.<ref name="pottermore">[http://www.pottermore.com/en/book3/chapter8/moment2/hogwarts-portraits New from J. K. Rowling - Hogwarts Portraits]</ref> The portrait will be able to use some of the subject's favourite phrases and imitate their general demeanour based on how the subject appears to the painter; however, they are limited in what they can say or do.<ref name="pottermore"/> A portrait can also move from portrait to portrait, or else visit a portrait of them elsewhere in the world.<ref name="OOTP37">{{OOTP}} - Chapter 37 (''The Lost Prophecy'')</ref>
  
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[[Bimp]], [[Oliver Cartwright]], [[John Homme]], [[Luxo Karuzos]], [[Pablo Picasso]] and [[Leonardo Da Vinci]] were all expert painters. [[Magenta Comstock]] was an experimental painter whose subjects' eyes followed their viewers home.<ref name="WotM">''[[Wizard of the Month]]''</ref>
  
   
 
==Depiction==
  
==Depiction==
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A witch or wizard can go to a [[Wizarding world|wizarding painter]] to have themselves painted.<ref name="pottermore"/> This is usually done so that the portraitist can [[Charm|enchant]] the portait to have some characteristics of the subject.<ref name="pottermore"/> The portrait will be able to use some of the subject's favourite phrases and imitate their general demeanour.<ref>[http://www.pottermore.com/en/book3/chapter8/moment2/hogwarts-portraits New from J. K. Rowling - Hogwarts Portraits]</ref> When a magical portrait is taken, the witch or wizard artist will naturally use enchantments to ensure that the painting will be able to move in the usual way.<ref>[http://www.pottermore.com/en/book3/chapter8/moment2/hogwarts-portraits New from J. K. Rowling - Hogwarts Portraits]</ref>
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A witch or wizard can go to a [[Wizarding world|wizarding painter]] to have themselves painted. This is usually done so that the portraitist can [[Charm|enchant]] the portrait to have some characteristics of the subject. The portrait will be able to use some of the subject's favourite phrases and imitate their general demeanour. When a magical portrait is taken, the witch or wizard artist will naturally use enchantments to ensure that the painting will be able to move in the usual way.<ref name="pottermore" />
   
 
==Portrait person==
  
==Portrait person==
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[[Sir Cadogan]]'s portrait is forever challenging people to a fight, falling off its horse and behaving in a fairly unbalanced way, which is how the subject appeared to the poor wizard who had to paint him, while the portrait of the [[Fat Lady]] continues to indulge her love of good food, drink, and tip-top security long after her living model passed away.<ref>[http://www.pottermore.com/en/book3/chapter8/moment2/hogwarts-portraits New from J. K. Rowling - Hogwarts Portraits]</ref>
  
   
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[[Cadogan|Sir Cadogan]]'s portrait is forever challenging people to a fight, falling off its horse and behaving in a fairly unbalanced way, which is how the subject appeared to the poor wizard who had to paint him, while the portrait of the [[Fat Lady]] continues to indulge her love of good food, drink, and tip-top security long after her living model passed away.<ref name="pottermore" />
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A portrait knows little if anything of its subject's life, and therefore could not hold a very interesting conversation about its subject.<ref name="pottermore" /> As they are only representations of the living subjects as seen by the artist.<ref>[http://www.pottermore.com/en/book3/chapter8/moment2/hogwarts-portraits New from J. K. Rowling - Hogwarts Portraits]</ref> The exception to this is of the [[Headmaster portraits|portraits of Hogwarts headmasters]], which are kept in [[Headmaster portraits' cupboard|a cupboard]] from the time of their painting, which is usually very old,<ref name="HPLE" /> until the subject dies.<ref name="pottermore" /> The [[headmaster]] can therefore teach their portrait to act and speak like them so that they can teach their successors.<ref name="pottermore" /> Despite this, the people in the portraits were considered a sort of memoir or support mechanism. Prior to taking up the post of Headmistress of Hogwarts on a permanent basis, [[Minerva McGonagall]] was advised to not mistake those in the paintings for actual people.<ref name="CC210">{{CC|B|2|10}}</ref> The depth of knowledge and insight contained in some of the headmasters' and headmistresses' portraits is unknown to any but the incumbents of the office and the few students who have realised, over the centuries, that the portraits' apparent sleepiness when visitors arrive in the office is not necessarily genuine.<ref>[http://www.pottermore.com/en/book3/chapter8/moment2/hogwarts-portraits New from J. K. Rowling - Hogwarts Portraits]</ref>
  
   
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[[File:Hogwarts_Paintings_Fleeing.gif|300px|thumb|The individuals depicted in the paintings fleeing in preparation for the [[Battle of Hogwarts]]]]
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The person depicted in a portrait can therefore live indefinitely,<ref name="immortal">As Phineas Nigellus lived for at least seventy-three years after his portrait was painted, seemingly without aging or dying.</ref> although a portrait does have reason to fear for their life or well-being.<ref name="POA8">{{POA}} - Chapter 8 (''Flight of the Fat Lady'')</ref>
  
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A portrait knows little if anything of its subject's life, and therefore could not hold a very interesting conversation about its subject, as they are only representations of the living subjects as seen by the artist.<ref name="pottermore" /> The exception to this is of the [[Headmaster portraits|portraits of Hogwarts headmasters]], which are kept in [[Headmaster portraits' cupboard|a cupboard]] from the time of their painting, which is usually very old,<ref name="HPLE" /> until the subject dies.<ref name="pottermore" /> The [[headmaster]] can therefore teach their portrait to act and speak like them so that they can teach their successors.<ref name="pottermore" /> Despite this, the people in the portraits were considered a sort of memoir or support mechanism. Prior to taking up the post of Headmistress of Hogwarts on a permanent basis, [[Minerva McGonagall]] was advised to not mistake those in the paintings for actual people.<ref name="CC210">{{CC|B|2|10}}</ref> The depth of knowledge and insight contained in some of the headmasters' and headmistresses' portraits is unknown to any but the incumbents of the office and the few students who have realised, over the centuries, that the portraits' apparent sleepiness when visitors arrive in the office is not necessarily genuine.<ref name="pottermore" />
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The person depicted in a portrait can therefore live indefinitely,<ref name="immortal">As Phineas Nigellus lived for at least seventy-three years after his portrait was painted, seemingly without ageing or dying.</ref> although a portrait does have reason to fear for their life or well-being.<ref name="POA8">{{POA|B|8}}</ref>
   
 
==Magical photographs==
  
==Magical photographs==
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A witch or wizard may also produce a [[magic]]al photograph, [[photographs]] that have been put through [[Developing solution|a special potion]]. While some of these may simply be animated images occurring in a continuous loop, some react to their surroundings. Gilderoy Lockhart had "countless framed photographs" of himself in his office.  When Harry, Ron, and Hermione were taken to his office to be interviewed by Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape in the Chamber of Secrets, pictures of Lockhart (with his hair now in rollers) dodged out of sight.  A few moments later, the photographs were nodding in agreement as Lockhart spoke.<ref name="CoS7">{{COS}} - Chapter 7 (''Mudbloods and Murmurs'')</ref>
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A witch or wizard may also produce a [[magic]]al photograph, [[Portrait|photographs]] that have been put through [[Developing solution|a special potion]]. While some of these may simply be animated images occurring in a continuous loop, some react to their surroundings. Gilderoy Lockhart had "countless framed photographs" of himself in his office.  When Harry, Ron, and Hermione were taken to his office to be interviewed by Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape in the Chamber of Secrets, pictures of Lockhart (with his hair now in rollers) dodged out of sight.  A few moments later, the photographs were nodding in agreement as Lockhart spoke.<ref name="CoS7">{{COS|B|7}}</ref>
   
 
==Known portraits==
  
==Known portraits==
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|[[Albus Dumbledore]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Albus Dumbledore]]
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|[[Headmaster's office]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |During [[Severus Snape]]'s time as Headmaster the painting hid the Sword of Gryffindor, to keep it safe from Lord Voldemort. He later provided advice to Harry Potter.
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[[Headmaster's office]]
  
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|During [[Severus Snape]]'s time as Headmaster the painting hid the Sword of Gryffindor, to keep it safe from Lord Voldemort. He later provided advice to Harry Potter.
  
 
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|[[British Ministry of Magic]] Headquarters<ref>{{CC}}</ref>
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|[[Ambrose Swott]]
  
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|[[Amrose Swott|Ambrose Swott]]
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[[Headmaster's office]]
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|[[Headmaster's office]]
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|-
  
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|[[Anne Boleyn]]
  
|[[Anne Boleyn]]
 
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[[Grand Staircase]] near the 2nd floor landing
  
[[Grand Staircase]] near the 2nd floor landing
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|[[Ariana Dumbledore]]
  
|[[Ariana Dumbledore]]
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|[[Aberforth Dumbledore|Aberforth's]] room at the [[Hog's Head|Hog's Head Inn]]
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[[Aberforth Dumbledore|Aberforth's]] room at the [[Hog's Head|Hog's Head Inn]]
  
 
|In [[1997–1998 school year]], her portrait concealed a secret passage to the [[Room of Requirement]].
  
|In [[1997–1998 school year]], her portrait concealed a secret passage to the [[Room of Requirement]].
 
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[[Headmaster's office]]
  
[[Headmaster's office]]
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|[[Barnabas the Barmy]]
  
|[[Barnabas the Barmy]]
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|7th floor, [[Hogwarts Castle]]
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7th floor, [[Hogwarts Castle]]
  
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| colspan="1" rowspan="4"|Professor [[Basil Fronsac]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="4" |Professor [[Basil Fronsac]]
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|[[Headmaster's office]]
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[[Headmaster's office]]
  
 
| colspan="1" rowspan="4" |Secret passages:
  
| colspan="1" rowspan="4" |Secret passages:
 
[[1995–1996 school year]]
  
[[1995–1996 school year]]
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|[[Bloody Baron]]
  
|[[Bloody Baron]]
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|Near the [[Potions Classroom]]
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Near the [[Potions Classroom]]
  
 
|[[Slytherin]] [[Hogwarts Houses|House]] [[Ghost]]
  
|[[Slytherin]] [[Hogwarts Houses|House]] [[Ghost]]
 
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Brian Gagwilde III]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Brian Gagwilde III]]
 
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[[Entrance Hall]]
  
[[Entrance Hall]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |
 
|-
  
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|[[Grand Staircase]]
  
|[[Grand Staircase]]
 
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|[[Brutus Scrimgeour]]
  
|[[Brutus Scrimgeour]]
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|[[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] [[Trophy Room]]
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[[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] [[Trophy Room]]
  
 
|Concealed a secret passage between the [[Trophy Room]] and the 4th floor.
  
|Concealed a secret passage between the [[Trophy Room]] and the 4th floor.
 
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Circe]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Circe]]
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|[[Grand Staircase]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Concealed a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.
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[[Grand Staircase]]
  
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Concealed a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.
  
 
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|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
  
|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
 
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| colspan="1" rowspan="3"|[[Damara Dodderidge]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |[[Damara Dodderidge]]
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|[[Grand Staircase]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |[[1995]] to [[1997]]* Her portrait concealed a secret passage from the [[Grand Staircase]] to the [[Clock Tower]].
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[[Grand Staircase]]
  
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| colspan="1" rowspan="3"|[[1995]] to [[1997]]* Her portrait concealed a secret passage from the [[Grand Staircase]] to the [[Clock Tower]].
  
 
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|[[Clock Tower]]
  
|[[Clock Tower]]
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|[[Daryle]]
  
|[[Daryle]]
 
|Unknown
  
|Unknown
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|[[Dexter Fortescue]]
  
|[[Dexter Fortescue]]
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[[Headmaster's office]]
  
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[[Headmaster's office]]
  
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|[[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries|St Mungo's]] main admitting area
  
|[[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries|St Mungo's]] main admitting area
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|[[Elfrida Cragg]]
  
|[[Elfrida Cragg]]
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|[[British Ministry of Magic]] Headquarters
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Headquarters of the [[British Ministry of Magic]]
  
 
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" |[[Elizabeth Burke]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1"|[[1991]] to [[1995]]*[[Grand Staircase]][[1995]] to [[1996]]*[[Entrance Dungeon]]*Near the entrance to the [[Potions Classroom]]*The 7th floor corridor
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" |[[1991]] to [[1995]]*[[Grand Staircase]][[1995]] to [[1996]]*[[Entrance Dungeon]]*Near the entrance to the [[Potions Classroom]]*The 7th floor corridor
 
|[[1995]] to [[1996]] her portrait concealed 2 secret passageways:
  
|[[1995]] to [[1996]] her portrait concealed 2 secret passageways:
 
*[[Entrance Dungeon]] to the [[Dungeons|Main Dungeons]]
  
*[[Entrance Dungeon]] to the [[Dungeons|Main Dungeons]]
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[[Hogwarts Castle]]
  
[[Hogwarts Castle]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="4"|[[Edessa Sakndenberg]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="4" |[[Edessa Skandenberg|Edessa Sakndenberg]]
 
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[[Headmaster's office]]
  
[[Headmaster's office]]
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|[[East Wing]]
  
|[[East Wing]]
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|Other Halls
  
|Other Halls
 
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Everard]]
 
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[[Headmaster's office]]
  
[[Headmaster's office]]
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|[[British Ministry of Magic]] Headquarters
  
|[[British Ministry of Magic]] Headquarters
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*Between the [[Entrance Hall]] and the Portrait Room
  
*Between the [[Entrance Hall]] and the Portrait Room
 
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| colspan="1" rowspan="4" |[[Giffard Abbott]]
 
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[[Grand Staircase]], below the first landing
  
[[Grand Staircase]], below the first landing
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| colspan="1" rowspan="4"|[[1995]] to [[1997]] guarded 2 short-cuts:
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| colspan="1" rowspan="4" |[[1995]] to [[1997]] guarded 2 short-cuts:
 
*[[Grand Staircase]] to the [[Middle Courtyard|Transfiguration Courtyard]]
  
*[[Grand Staircase]] to the [[Middle Courtyard|Transfiguration Courtyard]]
 
*[[Clock Tower]] to the corridor outside the [[Hogwarts Library|library]]
  
*[[Clock Tower]] to the corridor outside the [[Hogwarts Library|library]]
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|Only during the [[1992–1993 school year]]
  
|Only during the [[1992–1993 school year]]
 
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| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |[[Glanmore Peakes]]
 
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6th floor [[Glanmore Peakes' Corridor]]
  
6th floor [[Glanmore Peakes' Corridor]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="3"|Concealed a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.
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| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |Concealed a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.
 
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|6th floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]]
  
|6th floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]]
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|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
  
|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
 
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Godric Gryffindor]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Godric Gryffindor]]
 
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7th floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]]
  
7th floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Guarded a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.One of the founders of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Guarded a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.One of the founders of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].
 
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|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
  
|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
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|Concealed a secret passage to the 1st floor corridor.
  
|Concealed a secret passage to the 1st floor corridor.
 
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Greta Catchlove]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Greta Catchlove]]
 
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|
 
[[Grand Staircase]]
  
[[Grand Staircase]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Concealed a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Concealed a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.
 
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|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
  
|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
 
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|-
 
|[[Günther der Gewalttätige ist der Gewinner]]
  
|[[Günther der Gewalttätige ist der Gewinner]]
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|Unknown
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|Depicts [[Günther the Violent|Gunther the Violent]]
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Unknown
  
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|Depicts [[Gunther the Violent]]
  
 
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|-
 
|Harry Potter Sketch
  
|Harry Potter Sketch
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|-
 
|[[Helena Ravenclaw]]
  
|[[Helena Ravenclaw]]
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|Near the [[Hogwarts Library|Library]]
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Near the [[Hogwarts Library|Library]]
  
 
|Her portrait was non-speaking
  
|Her portrait was non-speaking
 
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Heliotrope Wilkins]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Heliotrope Wilkins]]
 
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[[Headmaster's office]]
  
[[Headmaster's office]]
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|[[Grand Staircase]]
  
|[[Grand Staircase]]
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Near the 1st floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]]
  
Near the 1st floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]]
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|[[Iris Pivis]]
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|[[Iris Pius|Iris Pivis]]
 
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[[Hogwarts Castle]]
  
[[Hogwarts Castle]]
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|[[Merlin]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Merwyn the Malicious]]
  
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|[[Grand Staircase]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Merwyn the Malicious]]
 
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3rd floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]]
  
3rd floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Concealed a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Concealed a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.
 
|-
  
|-
 
|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
  
|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
 
|-
  
|-
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Mirabella Plunkett]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Mirabella Plunkett]]
 
|
  
|
 
1st floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]]
  
1st floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Concealed a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Concealed a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.
 
|-
  
|-
 
|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
  
|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
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[[Headmaster's office]]
  
[[Headmaster's office]]
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|
  
 
|-
  
|-
 
|[[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington]]
  
|[[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington]]
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|[[Hogwarts Castle]]
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[[Hogwarts Castle]]
  
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|
  
 
|-
  
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Norvel Twonk]]
 
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|
 
5th floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]]
  
5th floor landing of the [[Grand Staircase]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Concealed a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Concealed a secret passage between the [[Grand Staircase]] and the [[Entrance Hall]] side room.
 
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|-
 
|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
  
|[[Entrance Hall]] side room
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|
 
|-
  
|-
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Percival Pratt]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Percival Pratt]]
 
|
  
|
 
[[Grand Staircase]]
  
[[Grand Staircase]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[1995–1996 school year]]
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*Concealed a passage to the [[Hogwarts boats|Boathouse]]
  
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*In the ''[[LEGO Harry Potter]]'' games, portraits are shown to be far more interactive than in any other media, with objects able to move from the portrait out to the real world and vice versa. Many puzzles in both games revolve around getting a portrait to give you a necessary object, or bringing a real world object into the portrait to assist its occupants.
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*[[J. K. Rowling]] once claimed in an interview that all of the portraits seen at Hogwarts depict deceased individuals.<ref>[http://harrypotter.bloomsbury.com/author/interviews/individual1 Edinburgh Book Festival, Sunday 15th August 2004]</ref> This is not strictly true, however; Gilderoy Lockhart owned several portraits of himself which he hung in his [[Classroom 3C|classroom]] and [[Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor's office|office]].
  
*[[J. K. Rowling]] once claimed in an interview that all of the portraits seen at Hogwarts depict deceased individuals.<ref>[http://harrypotter.bloomsbury.com/author/interviews/individual1 Edinburgh Book Festival, Sunday 15th August 2004]</ref> This is not strictly true, however; Gilderoy Lockhart owned several portraits of himself which he hung in his [[Classroom 3C|classroom]] and [[Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor's office|office]].
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"Hogwarts portraits are able to talk and move around from picture to picture. They behave like their subjects. However, the degree to which they can interact with the people looking at them depends not on the skill of the painter, but on the power of the witch or wizard painted."
— Description[src]

Portraits are paintings made of certain individuals, namely witches and wizards.[1]

The subject of a magical portrait is sentient due to enchantments placed on the portrait by the painter. The portrait will be able to use some of the subject's favourite phrases and imitate their general demeanour based on how the subject appears to the painter; however, they are limited in what they can say or do.[2] A portrait can also move from portrait to portrait, or else visit a portrait of them elsewhere in the world.[3]

Bimp, Oliver Cartwright, John Homme, Luxo Karuzos, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo Da Vinci were all expert painters. Magenta Comstock was an experimental painter whose subjects' eyes followed their viewers home.[4]

Depiction

A witch or wizard can go to a wizarding painter to have themselves painted. This is usually done so that the portraitist can enchant the portrait to have some characteristics of the subject. The portrait will be able to use some of the subject's favourite phrases and imitate their general demeanour. When a magical portrait is taken, the witch or wizard artist will naturally use enchantments to ensure that the painting will be able to move in the usual way.[2]

Portrait person

Sir Cadogan's portrait is forever challenging people to a fight, falling off its horse and behaving in a fairly unbalanced way, which is how the subject appeared to the poor wizard who had to paint him, while the portrait of the Fat Lady continues to indulge her love of good food, drink, and tip-top security long after her living model passed away.[2]

Hogwarts Paintings Fleeing

The individuals depicted in the paintings fleeing in preparation for the Battle of Hogwarts

A portrait knows little if anything of its subject's life, and therefore could not hold a very interesting conversation about its subject, as they are only representations of the living subjects as seen by the artist.[2] The exception to this is of the portraits of Hogwarts headmasters, which are kept in a cupboard from the time of their painting, which is usually very old,[1] until the subject dies.[2] The headmaster can therefore teach their portrait to act and speak like them so that they can teach their successors.[2] Despite this, the people in the portraits were considered a sort of memoir or support mechanism. Prior to taking up the post of Headmistress of Hogwarts on a permanent basis, Minerva McGonagall was advised to not mistake those in the paintings for actual people.[5] The depth of knowledge and insight contained in some of the headmasters' and headmistresses' portraits is unknown to any but the incumbents of the office and the few students who have realised, over the centuries, that the portraits' apparent sleepiness when visitors arrive in the office is not necessarily genuine.[2]

The person depicted in a portrait can therefore live indefinitely,[6] although a portrait does have reason to fear for their life or well-being.[7]

Magical photographs

A witch or wizard may also produce a magical photograph, photographs that have been put through a special potion. While some of these may simply be animated images occurring in a continuous loop, some react to their surroundings. Gilderoy Lockhart had "countless framed photographs" of himself in his office.  When Harry, Ron, and Hermione were taken to his office to be interviewed by Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape in the Chamber of Secrets, pictures of Lockhart (with his hair now in rollers) dodged out of sight.  A few moments later, the photographs were nodding in agreement as Lockhart spoke.[8]

Known portraits

Portrait Known locations Notes
Albus Dumbledore Headmaster's office During Severus Snape's time as Headmaster the painting hid the Sword of Gryffindor, to keep it safe from Lord Voldemort. He later provided advice to Harry Potter.
British Ministry of Magic Headquarters[9]
Ambrose Swott Headmaster's office
Anne Boleyn

Grand Staircase near the 2nd floor landing

Ariana Dumbledore Aberforth's room at the Hog's Head Inn In 1997–1998 school year, her portrait concealed a secret passage to the Room of Requirement.
Armando Dippet

Headmaster's office

Barnabas the Barmy 7th floor, Hogwarts Castle
Professor Basil Fronsac Headmaster's office Secret passages:

1995–1996 school year

1996–1997 school year

Grand Staircase
Library
Dungeons
Bloody Baron Near the Potions Classroom Slytherin House Ghost
Brian Gagwilde III

Entrance Hall

Grand Staircase
Brutus Scrimgeour Hogwarts Trophy Room Concealed a secret passage between the Trophy Room and the 4th floor.
Circe Grand Staircase Concealed a secret passage between the Grand Staircase and the Entrance Hall side room.
Entrance Hall side room
Damara Dodderidge Grand Staircase 1995 to 1997* Her portrait concealed a secret passage from the Grand Staircase to the Clock Tower.
Clock Tower
Gryffindor Tower
Daryle Unknown
Dexter Fortescue Headmaster's office
Dilys Derwent Headmaster's office
St Mungo's main admitting area
Edgar Stroulger

Sixth floor of Hogwarts Castle

Guards a secret passage in 1993
Elfrida Cragg British Ministry of Magic Headquarters
Elizabeth Burke 1991 to 1995*Grand Staircase1995 to 1996*Entrance Dungeon*Near the entrance to the Potions Classroom*The 7th floor corridor 1995 to 1996 her portrait concealed 2 secret passageways:

1997

Emeric Switch

Hogwarts Castle

Edessa Sakndenberg

Headmaster's office

East Wing
Grand Staircase
Other Halls
Everard

Headmaster's office

British Ministry of Magic Headquarters
Fat Friar

One of the Hogwarts Castle's corridors

Hufflepuff House Ghost
Fat Lady

Guards the Gryffindor Tower

George von Rheticus 1995–1996 school year

1996–1997 school year

Secret passages:

1995–1996 school year

1996–1997 school year

Giffard Abbott

Grand Staircase, below the first landing

1995 to 1997 guarded 2 short-cuts:
Transfiguration Courtyard
Clock Tower
Corridor outside the library
Gilderoy Lockhart

DADA office and classroom

Only during the 1992–1993 school year
Glanmore Peakes

6th floor Glanmore Peakes' Corridor

Concealed a secret passage between the Grand Staircase and the Entrance Hall side room.
6th floor landing of the Grand Staircase
Entrance Hall side room
Godric Gryffindor

7th floor landing of the Grand Staircase

Guarded a secret passage between the Grand Staircase and the Entrance Hall side room.One of the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Entrance Hall side room
Google Stump

Viaduct Entrance

Concealed a secret passage to the 1st floor corridor.
Greta Catchlove

Grand Staircase

Concealed a secret passage between the Grand Staircase and the Entrance Hall side room.
Entrance Hall side room
Günther der Gewalttätige ist der Gewinner Unknown Depicts Gunther the Violent
Harry Potter Sketch Probably now in the rubbish bin Drawn by Draco Malfoy and given to Harry to unnerve him about the upcoming Quidditch match.
Helena Ravenclaw Near the Library Her portrait was non-speaking
Heliotrope Wilkins

Headmaster's office

Grand Staircase
Hengist Rawkes

Near the 1st floor landing of the Grand Staircase

Iris Pivis

Hogwarts Castle

Merlin Grand Staircase
Merwyn the Malicious

3rd floor landing of the Grand Staircase

Concealed a secret passage between the Grand Staircase and the Entrance Hall side room.
Entrance Hall side room
Mirabella Plunkett

1st floor landing of the Grand Staircase

Concealed a secret passage between the Grand Staircase and the Entrance Hall side room.
Entrance Hall side room
Newton Scamander

Headmaster's office

Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington Hogwarts Castle
Norvel Twonk

5th floor landing of the Grand Staircase

Concealed a secret passage between the Grand Staircase and the Entrance Hall side room.
Entrance Hall side room
Oraclitus Spheer

Gryffindor Reading Room

Percival Pratt

Grand Staircase

1995–1996 school year
Boathouse
Phineas Nigellus Black

Headmaster's office

12 Grimmauld Place
People watching Quidditch

Oxford Corridor, Hogwarts Castle

Professor Walter Aragon

Grand Staircase

Headmaster's office
Quentin Trimble

Headmaster's office

Salazar Slytherin

Dungeons antechamber

Concealed a secret passage between the Dungeons antechamber and the Entrance Hall side room.[10]One of the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Entrance Hall side room
Sedley Smirkpaltter

Hogwarts Castle

Severus Snape

Headmaster's office

Sir Cadogan

7th floor, Hogwarts Castle

In 1993, he was temporarily the guard to the Gryffindor Tower while the Fat Lady's portrait was being repaired.
Timothy the Timid 1995–1996 school year


1996–1997 school year

Secret Passages:

1995–1996 school year


1996–1997 school year

  • Between the Grand Staircase and the Quidditch Gate
  • Between the Quidditch Gate and the Portrait Room
Tobias Manlethorpe

Hogwarts Castle

Temeritus Shanks 1992–1993 school year


1995–1996 school year

Secret passages:

1995–1996 school year


1996–1997 school year

Unidentified red-haired witch Grand Staircase
Valeria Myriadd 1991–1992 school year


1992–1993 school year

Secret passage between the Gryffindor Tower to a Disused seventh floor bathroom
Vindictus Viridian

Grand Staircase

Concealed the entrance to the Room of Rewards.
Violet

A small chamber off of the Great Hall

Is friends with the Fat Lady.
Vulpus

Headmaster's office

Walburga Black

12 Grimmauld Place

Magically fixed to the wall with a Permanent Sticking Charm.
Woman in the hospital wing

Hospital Wing, Hogwarts Castle

Behind the scenes

  • In the LEGO Harry Potter games, portraits are shown to be far more interactive than in any other media, with objects able to move from the portrait out to the real world and vice versa. Many puzzles in both games revolve around getting a portrait to give you a necessary object, or bringing a real world object into the portrait to assist its occupants.
  • J. K. Rowling once claimed in an interview that all of the portraits seen at Hogwarts depict deceased individuals.[11] This is not strictly true, however; Gilderoy Lockhart owned several portraits of himself which he hung in his classroom and office.
  • In a scene in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, a portrait features someone that resembles Lord Voldemort. This may be a coincidence, or the director's idea.
    • In the same film, Draco Malfoy enchants his sketch of a stupid-looking Harry Potter flying on a broomstick, crashing into things, to make Harry uneasy about the Quidditch Tournament.

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter Limited Edition
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Hogwarts Portraits" at Pottermore
  3. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 37 (The Lost Prophecy)
  4. ↑ Wizard of the Month
  5. ↑ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act Two, Scene Ten
  6. ↑ As Phineas Nigellus lived for at least seventy-three years after his portrait was painted, seemingly without ageing or dying.
  7. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 8 (Flight of the Fat Lady)
  8. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 7 (Mudbloods And Murmurs)
  9. ↑ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
  10. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) - PC version
  11. ↑ Edinburgh Book Festival, Sunday 15th August 2004
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