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The new German researchers found two new portraits of famous writer and poet William Shakespeare.

Recently, Professor Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel of Mainz University (Germany) announced the discovery of two portraits of famous writer, poet, playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), a portrait of the time. Young Shakespeare, two portraits when he was in middle age.

Through the study, experts say, one of the two portraits depicts the image of William Shakespeare in 1594, when he was 30 years old. The portrait depicts Shakespeare's image with a triumphant smile when he achieved success with his first sonnet.

The portrait depicts Shakespeare's image with a triumphant smile when he achieved success with his first sonnet.

Researcher Hammerschmidt-Hummel said: "Looking at the picture, I feel a confident and triumphant smile on Shakespeare's face."

If the first portrait focused on Shakespeare's facial features, the second portrait revealed his whole body for the first time. The picture shows a man who is not too tall, with dark eyes, elegant clothes. As a result, this picture recorded the image at about 50 years of age, 2 years before his death.

Shakespeare's image sits on a carved chair, his left hand holds a book, his right hand rests on a dog's head (right).

To determine the "authenticity" of the painting, Hammerschmidt-Hummel and his colleagues have meticulously observed, using advanced technologies such as laser scanning, 3D . to analyze the picture and wood grain on the frame. paintings.

This result will be compared with the images collected about Shakespeare discovered earlier as a mask found in Darmstadt, Germany; Davenant bust in London .

With the newly discovered picture, the researchers found that there was a slight change in Shakespeare's left eyelid - it was swollen, apparently a small tumor."It must be a sign that the writer died of cancer," Hammerschmidt-Hummel added.