The first is a follow-up to something that I posted back in May and July 2006 about a Holbein portrait of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger that was up for auction. It failed to sell in July after there were questions about whether or not it was really by Holbein. But now it has been re-authenticated and will go up for sale again, and this time for
Sure makes you realize how important it is to always identify your own personal photographs, doesn’t it? I’ve spent many hours trying to discover the identities of people in old family pictures and it’s frustrating!
So it even happens with the rich and famous… Even if she is in her nightie, I hope it is Anne Boleyn. It would seem to me that John Cheke would be a good authority from the time.
Wow. If that really is Anne, it means that probably most of the images we’ve always associated with her are probably incorrect. It’s just weird to think that had such a major position in history we know so little about.