Portrait of a Spy

{{Short description|2011 novel by Daniel Silva}}

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{{infobox book |

| name = Portrait of a Spy

| image = Portrait of a Spy.jpg| caption = Portrait of a Spy

| author = Daniel Silva

| cover_artist =

| country = United States

| language = English

| series = Gabriel Allon series

| genre = Spy fiction, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | publisher = Harper (US)

| pub_date = 2011{{cite web|url=http://lccn.loc.gov/2011030741|title=Portrait of a Spy|publisher=The Library of Congress Catalog Record|accessdate=2012-11-25}}

| media_type = Print (hardback)

| pages = 455

| isbn = 9780062072184 |isbn_note= (US)
0062072188(US)

| preceded_by = The Rembrandt Affair

| followed_by = The Fallen Angel

}}

Portrait of a Spy is a 2011 spy novel by Daniel Silva. It is the eleventh title in the Gabriel Allon series.

Other than the traditional recurring characters, Portrait features the return of Sarah Bancroft and Nadia al Bakari, daughter of Zizi al Bakari who was Allon's foe in The Messenger.

Like others in Silva's Allon series, Portrait of a Spy is a New York Times bestseller.{{cite news|title=Best Sellers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-08-07/overview.html|accessdate=2012-08-05|newspaper=New York Times|date=2011-08-07}} Portrait of a Spy marked Silva's first book with HarperCollins, following his departure from Putnam following the publication of The Rembrandt Affair in 2010.{{cite news|url = http://www.deadline.com/tag/daniel-silva-robert-barnett/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100904084850/http://www.deadline.com/tag/daniel-silva-robert-barnett/|url-status = dead|archive-date = September 4, 2010|title = Daniel Silva Makes 3-Book Deal At Harper|last = Fleming|first = Mike|date = September 15, 2010|newspaper = Deadline|accessdate = August 7, 2012}}