A SECRET hidden beneath a 450-year-old painting of Anne Boleyn may reveal the truth about the doomed queen’s infamous “sixth finger”. Scientists have probed the famous ‘Rose’ portrait to solve the ...

Exclusive: Underdrawing suggests attempt to debunk myth that former wife of Henry VIII had sixth finger Anne Boleyn’s Hever “Rose” portrait is one of history’s most iconic faces, with her “B” pendant, ...

Infrared analysis of a 16th-century portrait of Anne Boleyn uncovered a deliberate reworking of the doomed queen’s hands. The clear depiction of five fingers on each hand is believed to counter ...

Nearly 500 years have passed since Anne Boleyn was executed by her husband, England’s King Henry VIII, yet somehow we’re still finding new ways to be fascinated by the infamous Tudor queen. Despite ...

A familiar portrait of Anne Boleyn has just yielded an unfamiliar secret. Infrared scanning and tree-ring dating suggest an Elizabethan artist deliberately altered the so-called “Hever Rose” portrait ...

The artist behind the works may have used Elizabeth’s likeness as a template in other royal portraits to visually emphasize her resemblance to previous monarchs and reinforce her status as the ...

New research suggests that mother and daughter's likenesses were blurred to reinforce Elizabeth I's claim to the throne. A portrait of Anne Boleyn from the late 16th century (c.1500-1536) by an ...

A portrait of the "mastermind" behind the fall of Anne Boleyn is set to be unveiled at the former queen’s childhood home. Thomas Cromwell, the son of a blacksmith, worked his way up to become King ...

Hanging reverently in Room One at the National Portrait Gallery here in London, is the visage of England’s most notorious Queen, Anne Boleyn (c.1501-36). This 16th century masterpiece is ...

Infrared images have revealed that an artist who painted Anne Boleyn deviated from an approved design for portraits of the Tudor queen. Curators at Hever Castle, the childhood home of Boleyn, said new ...

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 ...