Portraits of other recent predecessors who had strained relationships with President Donald Trump, such as former President George W. Bush and his father, George H. W. Bush, have also been repositioned.

According to two sources familiar with the situation who spoke to CNN, Trump instructed staff to move the Obama portrait to the top of the Grand Staircase, where it will now be out of sight from the countless visitors who tour the White House daily.

CNN has reached out to the White House and the White House Historical Association for comment. A spokesperson for Obama’s office declined to comment.

During Trump’s initial term, he exchanged the portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in the Grand Foyer, opting instead to showcase William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.

The formal tradition of the presidential portrait, privately funded by the nonprofit White House Historical Association, began in the early 1960s under first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, as former White House curator Betty Monkman explains.

Before that, according to Monkman in a 2017 podcast for the association, there was a relatively “haphazard” approach, with portraits being financed by Congress, commissioned by friends, or by the president himself.

In the modern era of White House portraits, presidents and first ladies have invited their predecessors, former staff and friends and family for unveiling ceremonies.

“It’s a statement of generosity on the current president and first lady to invite all these people from an outgoing administration,” Monkman said, recalling a ceremony during the Johnson administration for Eleanor Roosevelt’s portrait unveiling.