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Ann Boleyn

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mercredi 17 mai 2006 [n° 1234]

‘She is of middling stature, with a swarthy complexion, long neck, wide mouth, bosom not much raised, and in fact has nothing but the King’s great appetite, and her eyes, which are black and beautiful – and take great effect on those who served the Queen when she was on the throne. She lives like a queen, and the King accompanies her to Mass – and everywhere.’

the Venetian ambassador describes Anne, 1532

Ann BOLEYN 1999, Hiroshi Sugimoto

… “becoming the first photographer of the 16th century”

Podcast the exhibition at Hirshorn by the artist Hiroshi Sugimoto

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Sire,

It belongs only to the august mind of a great king, to whom Nature has given a heart full of generosity towards the sex, to repay by favors so extraordinary an artless and short conversation with a girl. Inexhaustible as is the treasury of your majesty’s bounties, I pray you to consider that it cannot be sufficient to your generosity; for, if you recompense so slight a conversation by gifts so great, what will you be able to do for those who are ready to consecrate their entire obedience to your desires? How great soever may be the bounties I have received, the joy that I feel in being loved by a king whom I adore, and to whom I would with pleasure make a sacrifice of my heart, if fortune had rendered it worthy of being offered to him, will ever be infinitely greater.

The warrant of maid of honor to the queen induces me to think that your majesty has some regard for me, since it gives me means of seeing you oftener, and of assuring you by my own lips (which I shall do on the first opportunity) that I am,

Your majesty’s very obliged and very obedient servant, without any reserve,

Anne Bulen.

Letter from Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII late summer 1526

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Ann Boleyn

‘[A] woman who is the scandal of Christendom.’
Katharine of Aragon describes her rival, 1531

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