Is Anne Boleyn's Famous Portrait Actually Elizabeth I?

An examination of the famous NPG portrait of Anne Boleyn and the Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger portrait of Elizabeth I in old age. See the amazing similarities between these portraits and see these Tudor queens morph from one to the other.

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[bluebird7962]

The portraits are of Elizabeth I and her mother Anne Boleyn. Theya re not one and the same. NOte the jewellry worn by Anne

[AnneBoleynFiles]

@bluebird7962 I'm saying that the Elizabeth one could well have been used as a model for the Anne one, not that they are exactly the same.

[sassuhfrass93]

love this

[AnneBoleynFiles]

@sassuhfrass93 Thank you!

[kendahke]

have the paints been carbon dated?

I would expect that there are some similarities, given than Elizabeth is Anne's daughter--duh. But a rip off of one from the other? Please.

[AnneBoleynFiles]

@kendahke Analysis during conservation work has led to the Anne painting being dated to late 16th century, so during the reign of Elizabeth I. I'm not saying that one is ripped off from the other, I'm suggesting that Elizabeth's paintings may have been used as a model for Anne's seeing as images of Anne had been destroyed after her execution

[Razordolly7]

AB was Elizabeth's mother - you'd expect some sort of family resemblance, wouldn't you? Doh!

[JessicaLouiseMusic]

oh, thats right! because mother and daughter aren't supposed to look like eachother! pfft! i should have known this! (Sarcasm)

[melvinhendrikse]

@chookfeather

Those letters were actually preserved in the Vatican archives. Campeggio the papal legate supposedly stole the letters and sent them to Rome.

[Varney86]

@AnneBoleynFiles Yes, I knew what you where getting at. And I can see where they would have done this back then.

[AngelaHawkins1993]

Most children favor there parents...Elizabeth looks like her mother!

[chookfeather]

Actually kind of annoyed that they destoryed her portraits but kept his love letters to her....

[chookfeather]

Personally I think it's a good pick up....If I was Elizabeth I would like a portrait of my mother and with no other likeness available would have used descriptions and my own image to create it. Stands to reason. I wonder if anyone secreted away protraits, like Mary Boleyn and her children who it's claimed Anne adopted in an attempt to give Henry a male heir and a reason not to be executed.

[yourMajesty797]

I believe that Elizabeth just happened to have Anne's features, she was afterall Elizabeth's mother.

[popazz1]

It is well known that portraits were often painted over,so who knows.