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Chandos portrait

Artist

Attributed to John Taylor (1585–1651)
Description	British painter
Date of birth/death	1585	1651
Authority file	: Q6260388

Title

Portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

العربية: اعتُقد طويلًا أنَّ هذه هي الصورة الوحيدة لويليام شكسپير التي رُسمت خلال حياته، إلى أن تمَّ العُثور على صورةٍ أُخرى يُحتمل أن تكون قد رُسمت كذلك قبل وفاته، وهي رسمة كوبّ، التي كُشف النقاب عنها سنة 2009م. تُعرف هذه اللوحة باسم ' لوحة شاندوس' تيمُنًا بمالكها السَّابق، جيمس بريدجز، دوق شاندوس الأوَّل. كانت هذه الصورة أوَّل لوحة يحصل عليها معرض اللوحات الوطني سنة 1856م.

English: This was long thought to be the only portrait of William Shakespeare that had any claim to have been painted from life, until another possible life portrait, the Cobbe portrait, was revealed in 2009. The portrait is known as the ' Chandos portrait' after a previous owner, James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos. It was the first portrait to be acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in 1856. The artist may be by a painter called John Taylor who was an important member of the Painter-Stainers' Company.^[1]

Depicted people

William Shakespeare

Date

1610

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 55.2 cm (21.7 in)

; width: 43.8 cm (17.2 in)

Collection

National Portrait Gallery

	Native name	National Portrait Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 33.84″ N, 0° 07′ 41.16″ W
	Established	1856
	Website	www.npg.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q238587 VIAF: 121893961 ISNI: 0000 0001 2149 6058 ULAN: 500226159 LCCN: n79113062 Historic England: 1066285 WorldCat

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Accession number

NPG 1 ( National Portrait Gallery)

Object history

Given by Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, 1856, on display in Room 4 at the National Portrait Gallery, London.^[1]

Notes

Feigned oval

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↑ ^a ^b ^c http://images.npg.org.uk/OCimg/weblg/7/4/mw11574.jpg. NPG 1; William Shakespeare. National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved on 2008-02-07. " http://images.npg.org.uk/OCimg/weblg/7/4/mw11574.jpg"

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	15:57, 31 May 2023	2,400 × 3,059 (1.88 MB)	CactiStaccingCrane	Higher resolution pic, but more importantly important subtle details about the portrait is recovered. Original source: File:William Shakespeare by John Taylor.jpg. I overwrited on this file because everyone else seems to do the same.
	19:33, 10 January 2017	1,943 × 2,489 (2.56 MB)	Hohum	Recovered skin tone
	20:21, 7 May 2016	1,943 × 2,489 (2.1 MB)	Blight55	The version I submitted lost detail due to the noise reduction so in this I only reduced the noise (caused by light) in the most obvious places.
	19:34, 7 May 2016	1,943 × 2,489 (2.41 MB)	Blight55	sorry about this
	19:25, 7 May 2016	1,943 × 2,489 (3.68 MB)	Blight55	lightened colors
	19:14, 7 May 2016	1,943 × 2,489 (2.17 MB)	Blight55	cleaned up light reflection and better colors
	22:53, 26 April 2012	1,943 × 2,490 (662 KB)	GianniG46	adjust light
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