tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206508.post8819124240548258242..comments2023-10-30T09:48:59.679-04:00Comments on "Shakespeare" By Another Name: Getting SkepticalMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01959807858303615531noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206508.post-5848427069753016762009-08-05T17:09:25.822-04:002009-08-05T17:09:25.822-04:00Oh, and the castle the sitter is posing in front o...Oh, and the castle the sitter is posing in front of in the new portrait? Elsinore (Kronberg). And guess who the new sitter most resembles? Our boy de Vere.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621490105987263880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206508.post-55465149330882560942009-08-05T16:07:05.990-04:002009-08-05T16:07:05.990-04:00Hi Mark,
This is important, I think. I've fou...Hi Mark,<br />This is important, I think. I've found a doppelganger portrait to the Nicholas Hilliard miniature of Shakespeare that Leslie Hotson wrote a book about claiming the sitter was Shakespeare. And get this: the sitter in the portrait I discovered is wearing the exact same eccentric hat (a bonnet)! Also, and it gets curiouser, the portrait comes identified as Peregrine Bertie, though it appears the inscription might have been added at a later date. AND the sitter is flanked by two spears (one overpainted but visible) and i holding a third spear while leaning on a book emblazoned with the letter S. The artist is unknown but I believe, due to the patters in the background, it is Custodis, a dubiously named painted that Meres refers to. If you have any ideas or suggestions, I'd appreciate hearing from you. I'm fairly excited about this and have already notified the curators at the Victoria and Albert and am waiting to hear back from them. The portrait is posted on my site.<br />Cheers.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621490105987263880noreply@blogger.com