A portrait of Anne Boleyn held by the National Portrait Gallery may have been painted to show major similarities between Henry VIII’s second wife and their daughter, who became Elizabeth I.
The artist behind the works may have used Elizabeth's likeness as a template in other royal portraits to visually emphasize ...
The iconic painting may actually feature the face of the infamous Tudor queen’s daughter.
New research suggests that mother and daughter's likenesses were blurred to reinforce Elizabeth I's claim to the throne. A portrait of Anne Boleyn from the late 16th century (c.1500-1536) by an ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have suggested that the painting, done in 1584, almost five decades after Boleyn’s execution, was specifically painted ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Odds are, when you think of Anne Boleyn, the image that pops to mind if the one above: A late 16th century portrait which is ...