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Description: | The paint is extremely cracked all over the surface of the work. The head shows the influence of the Chandos Portrait (National Portrait Gallery) with the earring in Shakespeare's right ear. The costume is dark and resembles Elizabethan style dress with lighter brown detail along front fastening and at shoulder seams. The costume has a high, lace white collar. The eyes are blue and have tiny dabs of white paint in the irises. | Subjects: | portrait (Shakespeare William) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Æ Previously attributed to Zuccaro, Federico (Italian painter and draftsman, ca. 1541-1609) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8455... | Go to resource |
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