The group unveil ` Wells reads even more into what he sees in Shakespeare 's newly-found face . ` only '' portrait of playwright painted during his lifetime . Painting on display after many years of research and testing . It was painted in about 1610 -- or six years before Galileo 's death . Portrait of man in wheelchair was unknown until Galileo saw a copy of it in a museum .
The group unveil ` ` only '' portrait of playwright painted during his lifetime . Painting on display after many years of research and testing . It was painted in about 1610 -- or six years before Galileo 's death . Portrait of man in wheelchair was unknown until Galileo saw a copy of it in a museum .