tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396929165770979639.post3459547460025003832..comments2023-08-19T04:06:51.798-05:00Comments on Curious Portraits of Dead Elizabethans: Turning a Blind Eye: The Unton Memorial Portrait ReconsideredUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396929165770979639.post-78304849763455991792020-12-29T15:56:33.966-06:002020-12-29T15:56:33.966-06:00So who is it?
You refer to End Part One (of Three)...So who is it?<br />You refer to End Part One (of Three) how do I get to the other 2 parts?<br />My research is on Sir Henry UntonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04314116961061066051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396929165770979639.post-24172138161994589232019-11-11T11:32:48.944-06:002019-11-11T11:32:48.944-06:00Spoiler. It's not Shakespeare.Spoiler. It's not Shakespeare.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621490105987263880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396929165770979639.post-13834442379643953502018-07-12T15:59:44.254-05:002018-07-12T15:59:44.254-05:00I've been meaning to get back to this portrait...I've been meaning to get back to this portrait, but, yes, I do believe the NPR has a description of all the places the sun rays land in the portrait. If I only had time . . . Thanks for your interest. I don't check the blog that often so sorry for the slow reply.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621490105987263880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396929165770979639.post-85192603187232323932017-02-09T21:57:24.756-06:002017-02-09T21:57:24.756-06:00Fascinating. Enjoyed reading this immensely. The l...Fascinating. Enjoyed reading this immensely. The last part interested me because as I was reading your commentary, I kept noticing the sun's rays. <br /><br />To my eye, it appeared that the sun's rays always landed upon the de Vere image, excepting the one in the schooltower. Even the overpainted jouster on the hill seems to have a faint ray of sun. Others I see from top to bottom, include the mounted horseman in France, the man in front of the tents, the man in the "heavens", the cellist, the man feasting, a man behind the feasters, the lute player, the man in the school tower, and the baby. All of these appear to be the same person, de Vere, except the man in the school tower and of course, the baby.<br /><br />There are also two rays that I can't quite make out where they go. One goes thru the ship, and presumably falls upon the man at the center of the image. The other is a ray above the cellist and below the man sitting in the "heavens". As these rays seem to bend up a little as they traverse thru the playhouse, perhaps it reaches the foot of the reclining man holding the scrolls.<br /><br />Then there are a couple other de Vere-like images that don't seem to have rays falling upon them. There's the man sitting under the table in the bedroom scene, but the ray passing thru the horseman in "France" could also fall upon the sitting man. <br /><br />Of course the most obvious absent ray would be the one that should fall upon the figure on the tomb. However, if you take the ray that seems to fall upon the central figure, and instead follow its direction, it might actually be falling upon the tomb figure. More often than not, these rays fall upon a figure's head, so that makes more sense than the ray falling upon the central figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396929165770979639.post-15891439152050782642014-06-11T14:53:40.388-05:002014-06-11T14:53:40.388-05:00Well it seems clear the sitter was a very famous w...Well it seems clear the sitter was a very famous writer. So that limits the candidates quite a bit. And we can limit them more by admitting it was a famous writers worthy of an elaborate job of censorship. It might not be Shakespeare--though he certainly meets that criteria (witness the various authorship debate theories, etc) but it is somebody quite fascinating whose story has been buried beneath the paint for centuries. <br />As to the legwork of the anti-Unton theory, Sir Roy Strong did most of that, though he didn't seem to realized he was doing it. Thanks for reading.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621490105987263880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396929165770979639.post-65780559617363792412014-06-08T07:59:56.894-05:002014-06-08T07:59:56.894-05:00Absolutely fascinating research of an iconic paint...Absolutely fascinating research of an iconic painting Lee. Based on your presentation it throws serious doubt on the identity as Unton, I hope it sparks further investigation at the NPG. However, Shakespeare? hmmm...John Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667956500314198121noreply@blogger.com