It’s truly history come to life — in a sense. The restoration of a 400-year-old portrait of King Philip IV of Spain prompted an improv group to stage a fake autograph session with the surprisingly well-preserved monarch. The looks of confused excitement on patrons’ faces — well, they’re portraits of gullibility and curiosity themselves.

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Kent Anderson

Kent Anderson

Kent Anderson is the CEO of RedLink and RedLink Network, a past-President of SSP, and the founder of the Scholarly Kitchen. He has worked as Publisher at AAAS/Science, CEO/Publisher of JBJS, Inc., a publishing executive at the Massachusetts Medical Society, Publishing Director of the New England Journal of Medicine, and Director of Medical Journals at the American Academy of Pediatrics. Opinions on social media or blogs are his own.

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