The International Association of Amateur Heralds

it seems that high government officials having their portraits painted is nothing really new. Here is a link to the "Wappen- und Porträtbuch der Ratsheeren" of the city council members of the Free Imperial City of Regensburg, Bavaria, in the Holy Roman Empire in which each member is shown with the family's arms.

http://dfg-viewer.de/show/?tx_dlf%5Bpag ... 88382c7115

Regards from South Carolina
Kurt