Date:1660 - 1680 (c.)
Description:Portrait painting of Shakespeare by Gerard Soest, oils, three-quarter view, almost life-size. Re-framed, following purchase by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, in carved wood and gilt leaf moulding frame of early seventeenth century date. Previous owners: Sir J.F.Grey and the Earl of Stamford. Quite apart from an early eighteenth century engraving of Soest's picture of Shakespeare, stylistic evidence supports the attribution to Soest. According to Levi Fox, David Piper of the National Portrait Gallery had the opinion that the portrait is either Soest's original or a replica of it by Soest himself. According to Piper, Soest hardly ever signed his pictures. Soest was a Dutch portrait painter who settled in London (probably before 1650). There are examples of his work in the National Portrait Gallery and the Tate Gallery. (Source: Oxford Dictionary of Art -ed. Ian Chilvers, Harold Osbourne and Denis Farr - 1988). Fox, Levi (Dr.) : 1961 (c.) : Report on Soest Portrait
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Portrait painting of Shakespeare by Gerard Soest, oils, three-quarter view, almost life-size. Re-framed, ...
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Donor ref:SBT 1999-19/183 (13/9826)
Source: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Museum
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