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The '''Chandos portrait''' is an oil painted portrait thought to depict [[William Shakespeare]] (1564–1616) |
The '''Chandos portrait''' is an oil painted portrait thought to depict [[William Shakespeare]] (1564–1616). Painted between 1600 and 1610, it may have served as the basis for the engraved portrait of Shakespeare used in the ''[[First Folio]]'' in 1623.{{cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait.php?search=ss&sText=shakespeare&LinkID=mp04051&rNo=0&role=sit|title=National Portrait Gallery – Portrait NPG 1; William Shakespeare|accessdate=11 June 2009|publisher=National Portrait Gallery |location=London}} It is named after the [[James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos|3rd Duke of Chandos]], who was a former owner. The portrait was given to the [[National Portrait Gallery, London]], on its foundation in 1856, and it was the first portrait to be acquired for its collection.Tarnya Cooper (ed), Searching for Shakespeare, National Portrait Gallery and Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Press, 2006, pp. 54–61 |
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It has not been possible to determine with certainty which artist painted the portrait, or whether it actually depicts Shakespeare. The attribution and the identification are both conjectures. However, the National Portrait Gallery believes that it is "certainly fairly likely" that the portrait does depict the writer.{{cite news |last=Higgins |first=Charlotte |date=2 March 2006 |title=The only true painting of Shakespeare—probably |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329424549-110427,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712221704/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329424549-110427,00.html |archive-date=12 July 2012 |work=The Guardian |access-date=13 July 2008}} |
It has not been possible to determine with certainty which artist painted the portrait, or whether it actually depicts Shakespeare. The attribution and the identification are both conjectures. However, the National Portrait Gallery believes that it is "certainly fairly likely" that the portrait does depict the writer.{{cite news |last=Higgins |first=Charlotte |date=2 March 2006 |title=The only true painting of Shakespeare—probably |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329424549-110427,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712221704/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329424549-110427,00.html |archive-date=12 July 2012 |work=The Guardian |access-date=13 July 2008}} |
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