Research shows the painting may have been meant to counter claims she had extra fingers.
A new analysis of the Hever Rose portrait suggests that the painter deliberately modified an existing template to showcase ...
A familiar portrait of Anne Boleyn has just yielded an unfamiliar secret. Infrared scanning and tree-ring dating suggest an Elizabethan artist deliberately altered the so-called “Hever Rose” portrait ...
Infrared images have revealed that an artist who painted Anne Boleyn deviated from an approved design for portraits of the Tudor queen. Curators at Hever Castle, the childhood home of Boleyn, said new ...
Scientific analysis of the famed Anne Boleyn portrait "Hever Rose" reveals the artist may have tried to visually rebut rumors about the queen to protect her legacy.
Justin Chadwick’s 2008 historical romance film, The Other Boleyn Girl, revolves around the tragic story of the Boleyn sisters, Anne and Mary, who became entangled in the political and religious ...
Exclusive: Underdrawing suggests attempt to debunk myth that former wife of Henry VIII had sixth finger Anne Boleyn’s Hever “Rose” portrait is one of history’s most iconic faces, with her “B” pendant, ...
On this day, May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII’s second wife, was executed after being convicted of treason, adultery and incest. Historians have since concluded the charges were baseless and ...
In this rewarding study, historian Borman (The Private Lives of the Tudors) showcases Anne Boleyn’s lasting influence on her daughter Elizabeth I. Though Anne was executed by Henry VIII before ...