The Sanders portrait is one of the most researched portraits claimed to depict William Shakespeare (1564–1616). It is named for the man that owned (and perhaps painted) the portrait, John Sanders, whose family has owned the portrait for over 400 years – including a transatlantic voyage that resulted in its presence in Canada.

A Canadian owned painting, possibly of Shakespeare, has stimulated a debate amongst art collectors, newspapers, scholars and scientists. The portrait is of a man of mature, yet still youthful looks, with the beginnings of a receding hairline, and a …

The Sanders Portrait. The Sanders Portrait was discovered in an attic in a house in Canada in 2002. It created a great deal of interest, with experts taking sides at numerous conferences about it.

2011年1月28日 · • The Sanders portrait, dating from Shakespeare’s lifetime, is the most unconventional and emotionally appealing of the contenders for his true likeness: it shows somebody akin to the character played by Joseph Fiennes in the film Shakespeare in Love.

2011年5月10日 · The Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare is the only portrait of Shakespeare to have undergone as thorough and as comprehensive a level of scientific scrutiny and testing as it has received. Below we list, in chronological order, the thirteen scientifi...

2022年7月9日 · For more than 400 years, the Sanders family has passed down through the generations a portrait that comes with a story that sounds like legend: the oil on oak painting is believed to be the...

2015年11月24日 · Named for the Sanders family, its owners over some thirteen generations, “The Sanders Portrait of Shakespeare” is the only Shakespearean historical artifact that gives his birth date (April 23), coincidentally the same day on which he died.

This gallery investigates and examines the history of the Canadian-owned Sanders Portrait: a painting of an enigmatic, intense man said to be William Shakespeare.

Whether the Sullivan family legend that John Sanders, an ancestor of the Sanders family, painted the only known likeness of William Shakespeare created during his lifetime will be vigorously examined by the scholars brought together at Picturing Shakespeare.

From farthest left to right: The Cobbe portrait (1610), The Chandos portrait (early 1600s) and the Droeshout portrait (1622): three of the most prominent of the reputed portraits of William Shakespeare.