Portrait of Anne Boleyn that's created modern image of tragic queen isn't her says leading historian
13th January 2026
The famous portrait of Anne Boleyn that
has become the modern image of the tragic queen is probably not a
painting of her at all. Instead, one leading expert thinks that the
face in the portrait is actually that of her daughter, Queen
Elizabeth I. The picture in question is kept in the National
Gallery in London. It depicts Anne Boleyn, who was Queen of England
between 1533 and 1536, as dark…

