Claire | September 19, 2023
Today’s #PortraitTuesday treat is a 19th century painting by Irish artist Daniel Maclise (1806-1870).
The oil painting is called “Henry VIII’s first interview with Anne Boleyn” and it was painted in 1835.
Claire | September 12, 2023
This week’s #PortraitTuesday treat is a 19th century oil painting by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.
It’s called “The Courtship of Anne Boleyn”, or “The Cardinal’s Ball”, and dates back to 1846. It’s part of the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Claire | September 5, 2023
This week’s #PortraitTuesday treat is an engraving of Anne Boleyn by Flemish printmaker Cornelis Vermeulen (1644-1708/9). The engraving appeared as a plate in the “Histoire d’Angleterre” by Isaac de Larrey, which was published 1697-1713. The Royal Collection Trust describe the engraving as an “Engraving of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England. Bust length figure of Anne […]
Claire | August 29, 2023
This week’s #PortraitTuesday treat is a 17th-century engraving of Queen Anne Boleyn by Renold (Reginold) Elstrack (1570-c.1625).
Elstrack came from Belgium and it is thought that he studied under engraver Crispin van de Passe.
This engraving of Anne Boleyn dates to c.1618. The oval border bears the Latin inscription:
“ANNA BOLŒNIA HENRICI VIII ANGLIÆ FRANCIÆ ET HIBERNIÆ REGIS CONIUX &c.”
Claire | August 15, 2023
This week’s #PortraitTuesday treat is an 18th century Anne Boleyn portrait.
The artist is not known, but it is of the English School and is done in oils. It depicts Anne Boleyn wearing a “HA” pendant on her pearl necklace just like the Loseley House portrait.
Claire | August 8, 2023
This week’s #PortraitTuesday treat is another drawing from Hans Holbein the Younger, an artist who was at the royal court while Anne Boleyn was married to King Henry VIII.
This lovely sketch is in the collection of the British Museum, who describe it as:
“Portrait of a lady, formerly thought to be Anne Boleyn, head and shoulders of a woman turned to right and looking to right, wearing a head-dress, necklace and bodice with a square neckline.
Black chalk, partly stumped, and red chalk, with brush drawing in black ink, and with yellow wash; on pale pink prepared paper; corners cut diagonally.”
Claire | August 1, 2023
Today’s #portraittuesday treat is a drawing by the Henrician court artist Hans Holbein the Younger, an artist who was at Henry VIII’s court while Anne Boleyn was queen.
The drawing is housed in the Royal Collection and although the sitter’s identity is not firm, it was labelled “Anna Bollein Queen” by Sir John Cheke, one of Edward VI’s secretaries and secretary of state to Lady Jane Grey. Although, as others have pointed out, some of Cheke’s identifications have been incorrect, Cheke did know Anne Boleyn so, as art historian Bendor Grosvenor points out, “It seems inconceivable that he would get Anne’s identification wrong”.
Claire | July 25, 2023
This week’s #PortraitTuesday treat is a gorgeous portrait of Anne Boleyn wearing a HA pendant on her pearl necklace, rather than the usual B pendant. It is from the collection at Loseley House in Surrey. Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn did make use of a HA cypher and some of them even survived to be […]
