Birthdays often bring surprises. But this year’s surprise on the birthday of the great Bri

Birthdays often bring surprises. But this year’s surprise on the birthday of the great British playwright William Shakespeare is 21 one of the most surprising.
On April 22, one day before his 441st birthday anniversary, experts 22 that one of the most recognizable 23 of William Shakespeare is a fake (赝品).
This 24 that we no longer have a good 25 of what Shakespeare looked like. “It’s very possible that many pictures of Shakespeare are unreliable because many of them are 26 of this one,” said an expert from Britain’s National Portrait Gallery.
The _27_ comes after four months of testing. Experts from the gallery say the image — commonly known as the “Flower portrait” — was actually 28 in the 1800s, two centuries 29_ Shakespeare’s death.
The art experts who work at the gallery say they used modern chemistry technology to 30 the paint on the picture. These checks found traces (痕迹) of paint deep in the picture 31 about 1814.
Shakespeare 32 in 1616, and the date that appears on the portrait is 1609.
“We now think the portrait dates back to around 1818 to 1840. This was 33 there was a new interest in Shakespeare’s 34 ,” Tanya Cooper, the gallery’s 16th century curator (馆长) said.
The 35 picture has often been used as a cover for 36 of his plays. It is called the “Flower portrait” because one of its 37 , Desmond Flower, gave it to the Royal Shakespeare Company.
“There have always been 38 about the authenticity (真实性) of the painting,” said David Howells, curator for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
“Now we know the truth, we can put the image in its proper place in the history of Shakespearean portraiture (画像技法),” he said.
Two other images of Shakespeare are also being studied as part of the investigation and the results will 39 later in May. But for now what Shakespeare really looked like will remain a 40 .
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