| Omschrijving: | Heres a virtual movie of the great William Shakespeare reading his sonnet 106 "When in the chronicle". The portrait used in this particular virtual movie is one that has been much discussed in recent times as several academics have declared it to be the only portrait of Shakespeare actualy painted from life. I personaly harbour my deepest suspicions as it looks rather too modern,plus he looks not only very young,but a bit too much like a modern day film star,but I confess I am absolutely no expert on these matters ha ha,but isnt it lovely to be able to see yet another colourful portrait of the greatest writer in the English language.. On Monday 9th March 2009 in London, Stanley Wells, the chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, unveiled what he claims is the only picture of William Shakespeare painted during the playwrights lifetime. As Time magazine explains: The picture has languished for centuries at Newbridge House, home base of the Cobbe family outside Dublin, where until recently no one suspected it might be a portrait of the Bard. Then, three years ago, a member of the family that has owned the painting for generations, an art restorer named Alec Cobbe, noticed during a visit to the National Portrait Gallery in Britain that a painting of Shakespeare then on loan from the Folger Shakespeare Library, which is believed to be a copy of an earlier one, strongly resembled a painting in his own familys art collection. The Cobbe portrait has a strong claim to be the ...
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