William Shakespeare 1827 William Holl, the Elder Created to illustrate Wivell's "Inquiry into the History of the Shakespeare Portraits" (1827), this engraved portrait derives from an early eighteenth-century mezzotint by John Simon, itself based on a painting by Gerard Van Soest (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon). Trained in Holland, Soest worked in London five decades after the Bard's death and constructed a likeness calculated to please tastes shaped by Sir Antony Van Dyck and John Dryden. Compared to life-time portrayals such as the Chandos Portrait (see ), th
William Shakespeare 1827 William Holl, the Elder Created to illustrate Wivell's "Inquiry into the History of the Shakespeare Portraits" (1827), this engraved portrait derives from an early eighteenth-century mezzotint by John Simon, itself based on a painting by Gerard Van Soest (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon). Trained in Holland, Soest worked in London five decades after the Bard's death and constructed a likeness calculated to please tastes shaped by Sir Antony Van Dyck and John Dryden. Compared to life-time portrayals such as the Chandos Portrait (see ), this image has a thinner face, more sensitive expression, fuller head of hair, and has lost his rakish William Shakespeare 708343
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