As if Oprah Winfrey needed any more immortalizing. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday unveiled a portrait of Winfrey painted by Chicago artist Shawn Michael Warren to be part of the museum’s permanent collection.

       The painting will go on display Wednesday after its unveiling in a ceremony presented by Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet, Warren and Winfrey herself. It will be displayed on the first floor of the museum in Washington, D.C.

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       The full-length portrait, oil on linen, is described in an announcement from the National Portrait Gallery as being approximately 6 feet, 10 inches tall, and depicting Winfrey in a purple taffeta dress in the garden of her home in Montecito, California. In the painting, she’s holding a sprig from an olive tree; the purple is in tribute to Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” and Winfrey’s breakout role in Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film adaptation.