Claire | February 22, 2012
As today is the anniversary of the death of miniaturist John Hoskins in 1665, I thought it was only right to share with you his beautiful miniature of Anne Boleyn. This miniature, although painted in the 17th century, is said to have been based on “an ancient original” and Anne Boleyn’s biographer, historian Eric Ives, […]
Category: appearance, art, Representations of Anne Boleyn |
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Tags: Anne Boleyn, Anne Boleyn miniature, Anne Boleyn painting, Hans Holbein, John Hoskins, miniature, portrait, portraiture
Claire | October 28, 2011
I’ve just been contacted by Roland Hui, author of “A Reassessment of Queen Anne Boleyn’s Portraiture”, which is rather a coincidence as I actually mentioned him in my webinar last night in reference to his thoughts on the Hornebolte (or Horenbout) miniature which some people believe to be Anne Boleyn and others believe to be […]
Category: art, Mary Boleyn, The Boleyns, Thomas Boleyn, Tudor Characters |
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Tags: Lucas Horenbout, Lucas Hornebolte, Mary Boleyn, portrait, Thomas Boleyn
Claire | June 30, 2009
Well, what an exciting few days we’ve had on the forum here at The Anne Boleyn Files. Just a week ago, Anne Boleyn Files member, Emma, posted a photo of an Anne Boleyn portrait that she had found on a website that was closing down. All she knew about this portrait was that it was […]
Category: Anne Boleyn General |
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Tags: Boleyn Cup, picture, portrait