Trump will be the first New Yorker to cover the courtroom sketch

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A drawing of former President Donald Trump frowning in court this week will be the first courtroom sketch to grace the cover of The New Yorker.

The storied Cond Nast magazine confirmed that Jane Rosenberg’s sketch will be its cover story on April 17 — two weeks after Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Although we often ask artists to reflect on the day’s events for the weekly cover, until now, the magazine has not switched to a courtroom sketch artist, art director Franois Mouly wrote about the decision in Wednesday

Rosenberg, also a noted plein air painter, was one of three sketch artists allowed in the 15th-floor courtroom, where TV cameras were banned.

Trump, 76, is pictured looking sullen with his arms crossed.

He spoke only a few words during the hour-long proceedings.

The New York-based artist is no stranger to high-profile appearances: His online portfolio includes work from Woody Allen and Mia Farrows’ custody hearing and the John Gotti trial, among others.

However, he told The New Yorker that Trump’s historic arraignment was his most stressful assignment in 43 years on the job.

The magazine announced the selection on Wednesday, a day after the arraignment. New Yorker Rosenberg was one of three artists allowed in the courtroom.REUTERS

In 2015, the veteran courtroom artist went viral for his horrific portrayal of retired NFL quarterback Tom Brady — looking more like a Neanderthal than a hunky athlete.

Trump – who is due back in court on December 4 – has already received The New Yorkers front-cover treatment several times. At the end of his controversial takedown of white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017, artist David Plunkert depicted the then-president powering a boat with his own breath in a cheeky piece called Blowhard.

Three years later, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, Pulitzer Prize winner Barry Blitt skewered Trump by describing him as an incompetent surgeon.

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