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5:44 am
June 7, 2010
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Thanks, Impish. I apparenlty don't read very well!
"By daily proof you shall find me to be to you both loving and kind" Anne Boleyn
2:33 pm
January 9, 2010
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Just checked out the Thornbury Castle link – there's another picture on the wall of the dining room that looks like it could be a copy of Holbeins portrait of Edward VI as a baby. So maybe places like Thornbury have copies of portraits especially made for them?
7:21 am
February 3, 2011
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As luck would have it, I live right by Thornbury – literally a five minute drive away – and have been to the castle on a number of occasions, and have even worked with them.
If memory serves, this is indeed from Thornbury Castle and is a modern painting. They do have a portrait of Edward Stafford, third duke of Buckingham, who owned the property until his execution in 1521 when the Crown seized it, that may date to the sixteenth-century. But there are numerous replica portraits of Tudor figures they commissioned as decor. They have a number of mock-Tudor items which naturally suite the castle’s architectures. It is all very tastefully done – as one would expect from a hotel of that calibre!
I recommend having afternoon tea at the castle and asking to have a little look around. The staff are lovely and readily provide information regarding the castle's history.
"Much as her form seduc'd the sight,
Her eyes could ev'n more surely woo;"
2:59 am
May 29, 2014
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The photography is differently take by different professionals are it depends on their style.
9:17 am
June 3, 2013
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Nasim said
As luck would have it, I live right by Thornbury – literally a five minute drive away – and have been to the castle on a number of occasions, and have even worked with them..
i went to school in Thornbury – infact part of my GCSE History course was on the Castle.
i also can recommend high tea at the Castle – sandwiches, cakes, tea, Pimms etc… it was excellent, i took my mum for her birthday once.
11:47 am
January 3, 2012
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Having seen this portrait, although there is no doubt it’s a representation of Anne, it looks too modern, as Claire points out. In my opinion it also looks too busy as well, there is too much jewellery on the portrait, and it seems a little disproportionate too.
When you compare it to Holbien’s portrait of Anne the emphasis was solely on face and her eyes, in fact it’s her eyes that really do hook the the viewer there is such depth to them, also like you are looking right into her soul.
This is a pleasing portrait, but not one that draws my attention much, and although Holbien was no doubt a master of his craft, it is the John Hoskins Portrait that is my favourite portrait of Anne.
Semper Fidelis, quod sum quod
4:23 am
May 29, 2014
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The photography was nice and i have never seen this photo but it is still very beautiful.
10:00 pm
It is certainly modern, but it is difficult to judge its quality when the only image available is at such a sharp angle – I assume it is high on a wall. The dress has elements which date it to after Anne’s death, the curved rising front of the dress and the slightly off the shoulder sleeves are a feature of early 1540s dress rather than mid 1530s, when the style was to have a straight front to the bodice. The dress seems to owe something to portraits of Katherine Parr rather than Anne, or to the famous portrait of Elizabeth as a girl. The centre front pendant in the shape of a cross is very similar.
