Scientific analysis of the famed Anne Boleyn portrait "Hever Rose" reveals the artist may have tried to visually rebut rumors about the queen to protect her legacy.

A centuries-old rumor about England’s most notorious queen may finally be put to rest. Researchers examining a 450-year-old ...

Infrared images have revealed that an artist who painted Anne Boleyn deviated from an approved design for portraits of the ...

The artist behind the works may have used Elizabeth's likeness as a template in other royal portraits to visually emphasize ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Odds are, when you think of Anne Boleyn, the image that pops to mind if the one above: A late 16th century portrait which is ...

New analysis of an Anne Boleyn portrait has revealed a long-hidden detail that counters damaging claims that she was a witch.

Exclusive: Underdrawing suggests attempt to debunk myth that former wife of Henry VIII had sixth finger ...

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 ...

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 ...

Research shows the painting may have been meant to counter claims she had extra fingers.

Bordo (Unbearable Weight) writes that the goal of this engaging cultural biography was to “find the ‘real’ Anne Boleyn and rescue her from the pile of mythology that had built up around her” even ...

Anne Boleyn, claims her biographer Eric Ives, “was the most influential and important queen consort this country has ever had.” This would seem a very strong statement when we consider that Anne spent ...