Artwork
H Beard Print Collection
H Beard Print Collection is a print by the Baroque artist Hans Holbein. It dates from 1681 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Print depicting Anne Boleyn.
About this work
Holbein drew her while she was alive, around the 1530s, but this version was printed later, about 1681.
This print shows Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII. It’s by Holbein the Younger, who made many portraits of Tudor royals. The work is a print, not a painting—so it’s ink on paper, not paint.
Holbein drew her while she was alive, around the 1530s, but this version was printed later, about 1681. The print is part of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection.
Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more prints from this time.
Overview
The print depicts Anne Boleyn within an oval frame bearing the inscription "Anna Bullen Regina Angliæ Elizabethæ Reginæ Mater."
Artist & collection
Artist
This German draftsman made finely etched portrait prints that circulated widely in the 18th and 19th centuries, often labeled “H Beard Print Collection” and dated 1681, mid-19th century, or 1817.
