Portraits are being compared to a beautiful, elegant sunset.
The speaker is saying that a portrait is much more fine and beautiful than other faces one sees throughout the day, and a typical evening's sunset is, similarly, not as beautiful as a shiny, smooth-looking sunshine.
I must admit that I am totally dependent on e-mail, I suppose most of the people I know feel the same way about it.
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