Washington (CNN) Former President George W. Bush painted a portrait of former House Speaker John Boehner as a gift for his retirement from Congress, a spokesman confirmed to CNN on Friday

David Schnittger, a spokesman for Boehner, told CNN the portrait was a gift before he resigned from Congress in 2015 and that it will not be hung as an official portrait in the speaker's lobby located in the US Capitol.

Podcast host Uncle Chaps said in a tweet on Friday that Boehner revealed the painting during an interview with Barstool Sports and included a photo of the portrait.

"He let us see something that no one else had before," he tweeted. "When he was leaving the position of Speaker of the House, he asked President George W. Bush to paint his official portrait."

Schnittger confirmed to CNN that the tweeted photo was of the painting.

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