[nickcarraway]

[chajin]

Please tell me that isn’t a man bun...

[Hostage]

Yep, sure do look like him when I done seen him last.

[BenLurkin]

Probably the biggest.

[CJ Wolf]

It might be. In the time I am sure he had many portraits done of himself. It was a thing back then.... before selfies and such. There might be a couple more out there.

[redshawk]

what is the AE 44 in the top left corner mean? Anyone?
And the name plate? shakeFpeare?

[CivilWarBrewing]

[Libloather]

Sure looks like him.

[CJ Wolf]

“The canvas is being sold by its anonymous owner by private treaty without an auction and is currently on show at Grosvenor House hotel in west London.”

Sounds like the start of a good art heist movie. 🎬

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Looks like the same portrait of every English man from Elizabethan times. Either they all looked alike or the portrait painters were just copying the same painting over and over again.

[jz638]

There’s a whole lot about Shakespeare that isn’t actually known for certain. The very few signatures attributed to his own handwriting spell his own name differently, so we don’t really know for sure how to spell Shakespeare. His portraits may not have been of him or made by people who ever met him in life, so we don’t really know what he looked like. There’s a lot of persistent controversy about the authorship and attribution of his plays, so we don’t know for sure that he wrote what he is credited with writing, yet.. there he is, a super prominent figure in history with numerous contributions to western culture and language.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

On Freevee, you can stream "Shakespeare: The Truth Behind the Name". It's a compelling and enjoyable documentary whose thesis is that Shakespeare's plays were actually written by Edward DeVere, Earl of Oxford. Over the years I have heard that suggested, but until I saw this documentary I didn't believe it.

That being said, here is a portrait of the man who wrote the plays:

[Tax-chick]

It looks like he wore sunglasses.

[Albion Wilde]

Beautiful green/gray eyes.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Wonder what his pronouns were?

[Fledermaus]

It’s like Betty Crocker. A compilation of artis5s published unde4 the name Shakespeare.

This is the box picture.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Let’s not forget the wallet sized portrait he sat for to give to his girl.

[Red Badger]

Looks like Sir Walter Raleigh.................