Posted on 04/22/2009 8:44:41 PM PDT by Steelfish
Portrait of Shakespeare unveiled
The portrait of Shakespeare has attracted attention
A portrait of William Shakespeare thought to be the only picture made of him during his lifetime has been unveiled in Warwickshire.
The painting is on show at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, to celebrate the playwright's birthday on 23 April. The trust said it was convinced the artwork, thought to date back to 1610, was an authentic portrait.
But some critics have gone on record to say the picture is not of Shakespeare.
The painting, known as the Cobbe portrait, was inherited by art restorer Alec Cobbe and authenticated in March.
'Clearly the original'
Professor Stanley Wells, from the trust, said he was convinced the painting was genuine.
"The painting's been tucked away in a private collection and I don't think anyone quite realised what it was," he said.
"We've got lots of evidence it's Shakespeare and although it isn't formal evidence, we have plenty of circumstantial evidence to say it is him."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
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What does it matter? He probably didn’t write any of his works anyhow.
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Thanks!
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It doesn’t quite look like de Vere:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Edward_de_Vere.JPG
He’s the guy who most likely wrote the sonnets and plays.
Professor Stanley Wells, Chairman of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, talks to Warwick student Harriet Birchall about the discovery of a portrait of William Shakespeare, believed to be the only authentic image of Shakespeare made from life. -- Shakespeare Found
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face. King Duncan, Macbeth, Act I, Scene IV, by William Shakespeare
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“...unveiled in Warwickshire.”
That must be some hamlet in England.
“You’ve not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon” - Klingon Chancellor Gorkon.
How restorers ruined the last portrait of Shakespeare
Arts correspondent Arifa Akbar @arifa_akbar
Saturday 28 March 2009 01:00
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/how-restorers-ruined-the-last-portrait-of-shakespeare-1656028.html
It is unimaginable that a genius like Shakespeare could have lived. So the sonnets and plays must have been written by some other genius. Or maybe instead of one unexplained and improbable genius there were two or three unexplained and improbable geniuses masking as our undoubtedly fake solitary genius.
He looks gay..................
He was a married man. Of course, being in showbiz, he may not have been a fanatic about it.
You might want to read a little about the 17th Earl of Oxford before you get all condescending. He had all the connections, training, and court access that Will of Stratford so conspicuously lacked.
He was married to an older, much older woman.............
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