Anne Boleyn

I don't think too many people are aware of this portrait of Anne in 'The National Gallery of Ireland'. There appears to be a pentimento where the artist did a double row of the pearled billament on her French hood. Anne Boleyn, by an Unknown Artist. The National Gallery of Ireland.

One of my favorite subjects in school was history, and of particular interest, British Royal history. One figure that was always so fascinating to me was Anne Boleyn. Her life and legacy has always deeply intrigued me. To me she was more than the temptress that people portray her as being. She was Henry’s right hand I’m changing the course of English history, she mothered Queen Elizabeth I, and of course she was notably beheaded by the one man that sacrificed everything for her in the first…

A digital mixture of different Anne pictures

Print depicting the execution of Anne Boleyn, consort to Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I. Print made by Jan Luyken, c.1664-1712. Inscription: ‘ANNA BULLEYN Gemalinne van HENDRIK DE VIII/Koning van Engeland, binnen London onthalst’. The print is part of a series of plates depicting the deaths of various notable persons. They are held at the British Museum. Height: 190mm (trimmed) Width: 146mm

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