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9:04 pm
March 30, 2010
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[Image Can Not Be Found] I just found this portrait, and I don't know if this is actually just a discredited portrait…and so I thought i should put it here.
10:50 pm
May 20, 2010
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AnneBullen, the link did not come through, at least on my computer. Is it the portrait of Mary Boleyn in a gable hood, pearl necklace and (apparently) ermine-trimmed sleeves, as shown on http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/b….. ? I do not know how authentic the portrait is, but if the BBC deigns to use it… 
Yours as long as lyffe endures, Katheryn
5:17 am
June 7, 2010
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As far as I know, there are a couple of portraits of Mary Boleyn. One is at Hever, and can be viewed in the Inner Hall. The other is at Warwick Castle and is on display in the Blue Boudoir. According to Warwick Castle guidebook, the portrait is 18th centruy.
I've seen both these portraits. Mary Boleyn, according to these portraits, was more conventionally beautiful than Anne Boleyn, but she lacks Anne's attraction. But, I am not sure about how authentic these portraits are of Mary. However, I can see the why Henry would find Mary attractive: blonde, pale, and slightly plump. The perfect Tudor woman.
"By daily proof you shall find me to be to you both loving and kind" Anne Boleyn
11:39 am
March 12, 2010
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AnneBullen, I have never seen that portrait before. It does look like a younger version of Mary. She definitely had the popular angelic look!
4:03 pm
March 30, 2010
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I agree with you HannahL! She does have that popular angelic Tudor look, something Anne didn't have. I just found this portrait, and I didn't know if this was supposed to be Mary or someone else. I doubt it's an original or contemporary, but it's a lovely portrait.
8:34 am
June 7, 2010
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Great protrait of Mary. I've never seen it before. I visited Holyrood House last fall, and never saw this portrait. Darn! I guess I'll have to go back someday! I agree with HannahL and AnneBullen: Mary is very angelic looking. Is there any information about who may have painted this, or a history of where the portrait may have come from?
"By daily proof you shall find me to be to you both loving and kind" Anne Boleyn
8:47 am
March 30, 2010
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I've been looking for info about this portrait for a really long time…and at all the websites I went to, they all had something different…one had the portrait, but no info on the portrait it's self…
