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Btw.... this was a very well-thought-out and very beautifully put together video I very much enjoyed your efforts Dr. Emerson.

Tudor livery was green and white too, wasn't it, back from Henry VII? So maybe a little of both, love of green + hanging the royal colors everywhere? 😃

Would love to know where this masterpiece has been kept for so long. It is in remarkable condition. 😁

I didn’t know that she was blindfolded 😳

I believe that is the portrait of Kat Ashley whom Elizabeth said was more of a mother to herself than Anne Boleyn ever was. Or maybe it could be Anne of Cleves, whom Elizabeth had also been close to even after the divorce from Henry.

But were those portraits of Anne? Did Henry destroy them all?

I do believe this is Anne… it makes complete sense that Elizabeth had something very special and so personal to keep her feeling close to the mother she never knew…. very sad but beautiful as well

Thank you for this interesting video.

What is your opinion on the tapestry at Hever that is thought to depict Anne Boleyn as a wedding guest? It does resemble her.

I agree with you and like to think the Hans Holbein sketch may be of Anne Boleyn . Another terrific and interesting broadcast from you . 👏

I'm not sure that a headdress is a sure way of identifying anyone, it is fashion afterall, which means it could be influenced from anywhere in the known world. If the shield could be identified, it may give more information of use. Using more concrete evidence that does not change (like the police) would be a more reliable method of identification. Eye colour, hair colour, shape of face, distinguishing marks etc. Having said that, she has a very lovely face. 😀

I think there is a definite similarity between the eyes of this lady, and those of Elizabeth as an adult.

Yep - that image looks very like the stamp on ‘The Moost Happi’ medal which has been constantly pedalled as the only contemporary likeness of Anne Boleyn. She definitely wasn’t much of a looker but she made up for it by throwing a lot of tantrums and being generally unpleasant to those who didn’t share her own high opinion of herself. Wasn’t a Wyatt totes in love with the tedious old horse? Maybe he secretly commissioned a picture of Anne in her nightie and that’s why the family coat of arms was on the back of the sketch?

I've always hoped that this was a sketch of Anne Boleyn and I've become convinced of it over the years, but this has got to be the most convincing argument that I've ever heard. I'm sure now that this is almost definitely a true likeness of her. Thank you Dr Emmerson 🙂

Why do we spell Anne's last name Boleyn? It appears spelled a variety of ways: Bullein, Bullen, etc. In the History Hit documentary on her book of hours, it looked like Anne herself didn't spell it this way. How did historians land on this spelling?

I don’t think it’s her, but there is a resemblance. The dark eyes, oval face, and pointed chin. I think it’s another woman who looked like her.

I wonder if the time will ever come for a discovery of a truly genuine Anne Boleyn painting created during her lifetime!

Oh, I was so excited at the start, only to be disappointed. *sigh* I will keep hoping that someday, somewhere, something will be found.

But didn't Anne get betrothed twice before Henry. Once to an Irishman and once to a Percy and wouldn't that fit the time frame, if not the location?

I think if we knew the identity of the man it would certainly help. There were those Percy and Butler marriage possibilities, but I'm not sure if the expense of a portrait would be done on a maybe so to speak. It could be but I tend to agree with your thoughts here. It looks like perhaps a test run for the final Toledo portrait

As you concluded, asides from the Coat of Arms, the lady's image is almost identical to the Van Cleve portrait. This makes the inscription all the more intriguing - who commissioned it and why? This was a terrific broadcast. Many thanks.

She was innocent! Shame on you Henry! Her only "crime"(?!)was not providing a son to the Royal Bastard!

I want to see the real pictures

around the throne that thunder rolls around the court the lightning struck dying enemies surround us on that day the King was of cruel heart. The lies that he told for he may be beheld by the devil to this very day. My heart my soul my life mourns for what I lost that day. She was my light my youth my soul my everything. My hurt my soul will forever cry out for you. I will forever mourn the loss of you and your light everything of you was so very bright. My my soul my joy will be forever in torment over the loss of you. Henry you took too much so much innocence Lost when you sent out the orders to take out the light the blossoms of the many lives you took. Oh Henry you are such a vile piece of horse dung. Oh Anne how I miss you the strands of your hair the heavenly glow over your eyes oh so much was lost when Henry took your life. my heart will always mourn the loss of you Anne, dearest Anne Boleyn.

Isn’t Penshurst the only original “stately home” around in Tudor England that still has its original open fireplace in the center of its hall? (All or most were replaced with built-in fireplaces with chimneys). I think it might have been there where they shot the scene with Cromwell and Norfolk in the Wolfhall series, where the Duke has his boots up on the fire screen/fender. (That actor was so great in that series, Bernard Hill, was it)?

I never realized that there is a little village right by the castle.

I so admire her Wish to visit her Timemachine? Hahaha

I collect old etchings, and I believe I have found two Holbeins of Anne that were copied many times. It is difficult to know what the originals were really like. They consistently have the same clothing and postures, however. They always credit Holbein, and the ones I find credible were done before the late 18th century. Anything from the Victorian period is usually redone to match their ideals of beauty, so I generally overlook that era. I have one of Anne from 1670. Have you ever looked at some of Hollar's etchings?

No it isn’t the face of AB. Holbein drew her real face.

Why aren’t the curators wearing protective gloves?

Fascinating! Thanks!

I believe this too to be Anne. She looks so much like her brother George who was also sketched by Holbein. The angle is a bit different from the other sketch of Anne and there is more detail. It is more complete as opposed to the other sketch of Anne labeled to be her. I believe Anne to be pregnant as well in the other sketch. A woman's face can change a lot during pregnancy with the added weight. And maybe Holbein sketched Anne's features a bit softer as she was pregnant or he simply hadn't gotten the chance to add the finer points of her actual face. Which raises a very interesting question: Was the image of the pregnant Anne drawn in late 1535 or early 1536 before she miscarried? That would explain it's more unfinished state as well as Anne wanting something very special and intimate for Henry, believing she would certainly deliver a son and all would be well again? Was Holbein at court at that time? Thank you!! By the way, the more complete sketch in my opinion shows Anne to appear almost a bit afraid. But in the pregnancy sketch, she appears very relaxed, she's looking down and perhaps thinking of the happy time it will be when the baby is born(hopefully the son!) It's amazing how Holbein could capture the emotion of the person in the moment. Brilliant!

I do believe it's Anne. I think it resembles the Chequers ring. The person's hair in the Chequers ring also appears to be more along the lines of red/auburn/strawberry blonde hair. Doesn't red hair suit Anne? Of course! I can't imagine her with any other hair color. Thank you so much! It's so wonderful to get a glimpse into the past and a glimpse of Anne from this fabulous Holbein.

I'm a portrait artist. I think these drawings show the same woman at different body weights. The shape, dimensions and positioning of the main features and the bone structure all correspond. The colours don't mean anything really, as pigments change/errode over time and you can only ID what colours they originally were by chemical analysis of the pigments.

Could this painting realistically be a good representation? Contemporary description described anne as having a wide mouth, which is clearly absent here, also the proportions are somewhat off. I don't know what Anne looked like but i have seen enough women to know i have never seen one with a chin so long in relation to her facial features. I think that the painting is appealing, but its more like a caricature than a realistic painting.

Awesome

A very good video but the so called music started to grate after about eight minutes.😇

Thank you for sharing this! I was just there two weeks ago (whilst on vacation). It was surreal to walk in the same footsteps as Ann.

Wonderful achievement! Thank you for sharing the video. I am a bit surprised, though, that Anne's prayer book appears to be touched with bare hands.

So you’re going to show loyalty to Anne with the falcon but then add Katherine’s pomegranate? I’m trying to understand the logic here… is this supposed to be done up in the style that Anne would have known as a child (in which it would make sense to pay homage to the Queen of the time, Katherine of Aragon, but then Anne wouldn’t have the falcon badge yet) or when Anne is Queen… in which case, why have pomegranates? And then a portrait of Jane in the room? Ummm…. Seems a little weird to me. I can’t imagine Thomas Boleyn keeping a portrait of the woman who supplanted his murdered daughter in his privy chamber.

No one looks good with a string tied under her chin. It's the same person. Also, I have a copy of the Hollar engraving from the 17th century.

Owen, I do believe that there was no blindfold? And that she was extremely calm even when being killed? I’m sorry if I’m wrong ❤

I have long hoped that this is really Anne Boleyn. Wish this can be verified either way in the near future!