Back Podobizna Czech Das Porträt (Gogol) German Το πορτραίτο (Γκόγκολ) Greek El retrato (cuento) Spanish تصویر (داستان کوتاه) Persian Le Portrait (Gogol) French Il ritratto Italian 초상화 (소설) Korean Портрет (Гогољ) Macedonian Portrettet (Gogol) NB
"The Portrait" (Russian: Портрет) is a short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol, originally published in the short story collection Arabesques in 1835. It is one of Gogol's most demonic of tales, hinting at some of his earlier works such as "St. John's Eve" and "Viy".