Claire | June 6, 2023
This week, I share a beautiful portrait of Anne Boleyn which is part of a huge collection of historic portraits at the Château de Beauregard in France. Isn’t it lovely, and quite different to the more common ones of her? See more from the collection at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki…
Claire | May 30, 2023
In this week’s #PortraitTuesday short video, I’m looking at an Anne Boleyn portrait that can be found in the collection at Hampton Court Palace.
Claire | May 23, 2023
This week, I’m looking at a strange portrait of Anne Boleyn… Find out more in these articles: The Nidd Hall Portrait matches the 1534 Anne Boleyn Medal Update on Nidd Hall Portrait and 1534 Anne Boleyn Medal – The Press articles are not correct
Claire | May 16, 2023
This week’s Anne Boleyn portrait is the 1534 medal, a contemporary image of Anne Boleyn. See http://www.lucychurchill.com/anne-boleyn-moost-happi-medal-reconstruction/ for more on Lucy Churchill’s reconstruction of the medal.
Claire | May 3, 2023
Find out about a special New Year’s gift Anne Boleyn commissioned from Hans Holbein the Younger for Henry VIII in my short video below and/or click on the links to articles I’ve written to read more about it. Read my articles: Anne Boleyn and Hans Holbein Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s New Year’s Gifts
Claire | May 2, 2023
This week’s #portraittuesday is a gorgeous portrait from Hever Castle’s collection. P.S. It’s usually in the Queen’s Chamber but there’s a special exhibition on at the moment “Catherine and Anne: Queen, Rivals, Mothers”, so it might have been moved.
Claire | April 11, 2023
For my first #portraittuesday post, I thought I’d look at the famous National Portrait Gallery of Anne Boleyn, which was painted late in the reign of Anne Boleyn’s daughter, Elizabeth I. The NPG Anne Boleyn portrait depicts Anne Boleyn in her famous B necklace and she is wearing a French hood with a velvet veil […]
Claire | January 17, 2020
Thank you to author and historical researcher Amanda Harvey Purse for sharing this Boleyn-related article with us today. Over to Amanda… It is true to say that over the years of studying the history of art, my love for Leonardo da Vinci’s work has outshone my love for many other artists. As da Vinci was […]
