"It might be a portrait of Shakespeare, but not a likeness, because the conventions of portraiture at the time were often to idealize the subject," he said.

“它可能仅是一幅莎士比亚的画像，但不是他的写真。因为在他那个时代，画像的惯例经常把主题理想化”，他继续说。

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Whatever our instincts to see a portrait as a tribute to a great person, the reality is that portraiture is a window on the past, warts and all.

无论我们将肖像视为向伟大人物致敬的本能是什么，现实是肖像画是一扇毫不掩饰的面对过往的窗户。

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But even if it was, he said, the traditions of Elizabethan portraiture meant that it would be unwise to conclude that Shakespeare actually looked like the figure depicted in the portrait.

他还说，但是即使它是莎士比亚，可是根据伊丽莎白一世时代肖像画家的传统，意味着要我们相信莎士比亚实际上是像肖像画上所描绘的那个人，并做出他就是莎士比亚的结论是不明智的。

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