Washington, Jul 2 (AP) The new likeness by artist Vanessa Horabuena of Tempe, Arizona, is a sterner, crisper image than Sarah Boardman's portrait of Donald Trump, which had hung in Colorado Capital since 2019.

The Horabuena portrait went up this week.

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After Trump objected to it this spring, lawmakers announced the next day that they would remove it from a wall of past presidents. By the day after that, it was in museum storage.

“There was a blank on the wall. It seemed inappropriate. We knew that the White House had sent us this replacement, and it simply made sense to put it up,” said Lois Court, a former state lawmaker who chairs the Capitol Building Advisory Committee, which helps select artwork for the statehouse.

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On Tuesday, the building was sleepy, with lawmakers out of session. A smattering of tourists took photos of the new portrait.

“Thank you to the Highly Talented Artist, Vanessa Horabuena, and the incredible people of Colorado,” Trump said in a social media post. (AP)

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