An Exquisite Miniature of an Unknown Gentleman

From the Royal Collection.

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Queen Bette

Actress Bette Davis (1908-1989) was evidently fond of Queen Elizabeth I as seen in this Christmas season photo taken in her Hollywood home in the early 1980's. Framed portraits of Elizabeth can be seen on the left.

Photo taken from the collection of Bette Davis' former personal assistant Kathryn Sermak. 

Davis played Elizabeth I twice on screen: 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex' (1939) and 'The Virgin Queen' (1955).

'The Tudor Society' - check it out!

A sample of its January 2018 Tudor Life magazine can be read at:

https://www.tudorsociety.com/january-2018-tudor-life-taster/

Anne de Boleyn?

Called 'Anne Boleyn', by an Unknown Artist, Bibliothèque nationale de France

Unfortunately, the portrait is not comparable to known likenesses of Anne Boleyn, and the coat-of-arms is not hers. The inscription appears to be a later addition as well.

The search continues...