Is that right? Startling how the modern reconstructions looks just like the oil paintings. Down to the haircut and hat, yet.
The article said they clapped a wig and appropriate hat on the reconstruction; that makes it a little easier to judge how much the reconstruction looks like the post-death portraits. I think the reconstruction is far more youthful and actually a little effeminate. The jawline of the reconstruction, which was done from the skull rather than from the artist’s memory, is less pointy than in the paintings.
Why would you be surprised that a portrait and a reconstruction look alike? It’s a useful exercise to see if the bone structure and muscle attachments are consistent with the portraits—in other words, how accurate were the portraits? This suggests that they were mostly on target.