HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (1497/8-1543)
Anne Boleyn (c.1500-1536)
c.1533-6RCIN 912189
By 1526 the King had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn (c.1500–36). After divorcing Katherine of Aragon he married Anne in 1533, shortly before the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth. Anne was clever and cultured, but failed to provide Henry with the son he needed. She was charged with adultery and was executed for treason in May 1536. This is a rare surviving portrait of Anne.
watermark: Briquet 11391, hand and crown [same as 12199]