Sujet

Ann Bullen Queen of K. Henry VIII, c1743-c1751. Creators: Jacobus Houbraken, George Vertue.

Légende

Ann Bullen Queen of K. Henry VIII, c1743-c1751. Portrait of English queen Anne Boleyn (c1501-1536), wife of Henry VIII. She was beheaded for treason. Beneath her portrait a cherub extinguishes a flaming torch and covers her severed head and axe with a piece of fabric. From: "The Heads and Characters of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, with their Portraits engraven by Mr. Houbraken and Mr. Vertue. With their lives and characters by T. Birch. L.P." . [London, 1743-1751].

Date

1743

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A23_054

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,0Mo (2,2Mo) / 21,6cm x 34,7cm / 2554 x 4102 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England female women woman people library head religious country religion law monarch tools tool English headdress dead pearl royal death necklace jewellery jewelry angel location century pearls torch jewel cherub cherubs extinguishing pearl necklace blade royalty concept Tudor angelic B&W British Library axe headgear beheaded putto head-dress decapitated death sentence black & white black and white B W 18th century cherubim decapitation Eighteenth Century angel's wings beheading executed putti royal family severed head sovereign treason Anne Boleyn Queen portrait flaming torch House of Tudor George Vertue Anne Thomas Birch Jacobus Houbraken Anna Thomas Birch Dr Birch Boleyn Ann Bolin Anne Bullen Marchioness of Pembroke Queen Anne Bullen Virtue Vertue George Houbraken Jacobus Houbracken John and Paul Knapton Knapton Jacob Houbraken amorini Heritage Art Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger Hans Holbein the Younger Workshop of Holbein Hans the Younger Workshop of Anna Boleyn John and Paul