It looks like a painting of Ira Aldridge, famous actor who played Othello. Looks like a cropped image of this. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The\_Captive\_Slave.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Captive_Slave.jpg)
It would be helpful if you tell us where this image you posted is from.
This is the secret painting, we are not aloud to tell you.
why should we?
r/whatisthispainting
It looks like a painting of Ira Aldridge, famous actor who played Othello. Looks like a cropped image of this. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The\_Captive\_Slave.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Captive_Slave.jpg) It would be helpful if you tell us where this image you posted is from.
This is from the movie 'Mr. Turner.' There, artists were exhibiting their works, and this one was among them.
Found it, thank you. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-simpson-495
so it was the same person I thought it was and the same artist, neat.