Phineas was a Headmaster of Hogwarts, but that doesn't mean he was an especially important one. All headmasters have their portraits up after they die. Phineas is one of the few with another portrait elsewhere, yes - but that's housed in his family home, instead of in another institution. There's no reason to believe other people would have Dumbledore's picture - unless they collect chocolate frog cards, of course.
I think that in OoTP Dumbledore explained to Harry that Phineas was an important headmaster of Hogwarts. I might be wrong, but I've been rereading it, and I'm pretty sure that's what caught my attention. [I believe it was when Arthur got attacked by the snake and Dumbledore asked Phineas to go tell Sirius that the Weasleys and Harry were coming to Grimmauld. Like I said, my books are 200 miles away and I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I remember that.]
I don't mean that other people would necessarily have his picture, I mean that he is important enough to have two portraits that he could walk through to and hear all of what's going on.
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I don't mean that other people would necessarily have his picture, I mean that he is important enough to have two portraits that he could walk through to and hear all of what's going on.
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