A portrait of President Donald Trump, donated by the White House, will be temporarily hung in the presidential portrait gallery on the Colorado state Capitol’s third floor.

The portrait replaces another that was hung at the gallery in 2019 that Trump dismissed as “purposefully distorted.” Trump had blamed Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, although the governor has nothing to do with the portrait process. That’s all handled by a state capitol committee.

That portrait was paid for by Republican donors.

The artist, Sarah Boardman, rejected Trump’s claims, saying she did her job without any political bias. Boardman had also previously painted the Capitol’s portrait of President Barack Obama.

Boardman added her decades-old business was in danger of “not recovering” as a result of the president’s comments.

“I completed the portrait accurately, without ‘purposeful distortion,’ political bias, or any attempt to caricature the subject, actual or implied. I fulfilled the task per my contract,” she said in a statement in April.

The previous Trump portrait was removed in April after the president’s complaint and at the request of Republican state lawmakers.

Former state Sen. Lois Court, D-Denver, who chairs the Capitol Building Advisory Committee, on Thursday announced the decision to hang the new portrait.

Court described it as “temporary,” pending a discussion in the committee’s September meeting. The committee has previously discussed removing the presidential portraits and replacing them with portraits of Colorado governors only.

Only a few portraits of Colorado governors hang in the Capitol, all on the first floor.

The change is in line with discussions tied to Colorado’s 150th anniversary on Aug. 1, 2026.

The portrait’s history goes back to 2018, when then-Sen. President Kevin Grantham, R-Cañon City, launched a campaign to raise the $10,000 required to pay for the work.