Related Clues:

• Country place?
• Pretend to be, with "as"
• Struck thing
• Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down
• Sit for a portrait
• Stand for a statue
• Declare as true
• __ visit
• Do studio work
• Sit for the photographer
• It may be staked
• Say it isn't faux
• Make an assertion
• Formally declare
• Declare to be true