pictures of the founders

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 95146

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Phil Vlasak <pcsgames at t...> 
wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> All this talk about portraits, got me thinking where are the 
portraits  of 
> the founders of Hogworts?

Portraiture in the sense that we Muggles think of it was not yet 
developed in the tenth century (for us, it came along during the 
Renaissance). Even granting that the Muggle and the Wizard world 
develop along different tracks, I think it is also quite posssible 
that the WW did not have portraiture at that time, either. QTA speaks 
of an "illuminated manuscript" depicting broomflight, which suggests 
that Wizard artists of that era worked in the same medium as their 
Muggle contemporaries. 

Who is the oldest person depicted in a portrait - is there anyone 
prior to Dilys Derwent of the early 18th Century (OOP, Chap. 22)?

 
> And could the Fat Lady be Helga?

If so, why would she conceal her identity - and why isn't she in 
front of Hufflepuff where she would logically belong?

  - CMC