In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

In a gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1) _________ New York, parings of a father and daughter (2) _________ face to face, Larger than life, the monumental portraits (3) _________ competing conceptions of royal power. The father, Henry VIII, (4) _________ directly at the viewer, conveying aggression through his wide stance, building leg muscles and (5) _________ padded clothing.