A new portrait of former Prime Minister Theresa May has been unveiled.
Portrait artist Saied Dai painted the £28,000 picture.
It will hang in Portcullis House – part of Parliament’s office complex.
The picture was commissioned by the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art.
Mrs May is portrayed holding a lily of the valley, a plant associated with the month of May.
Mr Dai said: “In this portrait, the aim was to produce not just a convincing physical likeness, but also a psychological characterisation, both individual and yet archetypal – imbued with symbolism and atmosphere.
“A good painting needs to be a revelation and paradoxically, an enigma.
“It should possess an indefinable quality – in short, a mystery.”
Mrs May said the portrait was a “huge honour”.
Tory MP Dean Russell, chairman of the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art, said:
“The Parliamentary Art Collection records those who have made an important contribution to politics and public service here in the UK.
“Few embody this more than Theresa May – our second female prime minister, as well as a devoted Parliamentarian and a dedicated public servant.”
