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Possibly start with profile for this sort of painting? (4-8)

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I believe the answer is:

self-portrait

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'painting?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'possibly start with profile' is the wordplay.
'possibly' is an anagram indicator.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'start' put after 'profile' is 'profilestart'.
'profilestart' anagrammed gives 'SELF-PORTRAIT'.

'for this sort of' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for self-portrait that I've seen before include "Picture of its artist" , "Artist's own picture" , "Painting of the artist by the artist" .)

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