Has facial recognition identified Anne Boleyn in a Hans Holbein drawing? Anne Boleyn’s appearance

Has facial recognition identified Anne Boleyn in a Hans Holbein drawing by comparing it to pictures of her family members, including her daughter Elizabeth I and have the researchers also identified pictures of Anne Boleyn’s mother, Lady Elizabeth Howard and Anne Boleyn’s sister, Mary Boleyn? In this Tudor history documentary from History Calling I look at the new journal article by Karen L. Davies, Hassan Ugail and David G. Stork to ask if their research holds water and if we have finally solved the mystery of what Anne Boleyn really looked like. Above all, is this a Hans Holbein drawing of Anne Boleyn? The article claims that by comparing an image of an unknown woman with brown hair and eyes and a striking flat topped hat, drawn in the 1530s or early 1540s by Hans Holbein the Younger, to known images of some of Anne’s relatives, facial recognition software gives a high probability that this is the second wife of Henry VIII. What about the holes in the research though? How reliable is facial recognition software when used on drawings and paintings instead of photographs? How can we be confident this is Anne when we have no confirmed, contemporary images of her to compare it too and the team discounted a 1534 medal of her due to its damage? Why did they compare this image to NPG 668 of Anne Boleyn, but not the Hever Rose portrait of Anne Boleyn? Why did they opt to compare this drawing to only one image of Anne’s daughter and why didn’t they include the only image we have of her father, Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond, in their analysis? Are there other Tudor women who could be depicted in this drawing and what did they say about an image long labelled as Lady Vaux? If you love Tudor art history, the history of Anne Boleyn or historical mysteries, then this is the video for you. Make sure to subscribe and switch on the bell icon for more. #AnneBoleyn #AnneBoleynPortrait #HansHolbein BUY MY BOOK (Find Your Irish Ancestors Online): https://amzn.to/3Z2ChnG Website (with 2 FREE DOWNLOADS): https://www.historycallingofficial.com/ Patreon:   / historycalling   Amazon storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/historyca... Instagram:   / historycalling   IS THIS ANNE BOLEYN OR ELIZABETH I? NEW THEORY ABOUT FAMOUS ANNE BOLEYN PORTRAIT IN NGP    • Is this Anne Boleyn or Elizabeth I? New th...   HAS A LOST PORTRAIT OF ANNE BOLEYN BEEN FOUND?    • Video   DOES THIS HOLBEIN DRAWING SHOW ANNE BOLEYN?    • THE FACE OF ANNE BOLEYN? What did Anne Bol...   DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF ANNE BOLEYN’S ONLY AUTHENTIC IMAGE | WHAT IS THE MOOST HAPPI MEDAL OF 1534?    • Discover the SECRETS of Anne Boleyn’s only...   DOES THE CHEQUERS’ RING SHOW A PORTRAIT OF ANNE BOLEYN AND ELIZABETH I    • Does the CHEQUERS’ RING show a portrait of...   THE LIFE OF HANS HOLBEIN    • The life of HANS HOLBEIN the younger | The...   THE STORY BEHIND FAMOUS PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH I    • History of ELIZABETH I'S PORTRAIT | What d...   HIDDEN MEANINGS IN THE FAMILY OF HENRY VIII    • HIDDEN MESSAGES within famous painting of ...   LEARN MORE: [FREE] Karen L. Davies, Hassan Ugail and David G. Stork, ‘Reassessing Anne Boleyn and other Boleyn women in Holbein drawings using facial recognition’ in npj Heritage Science, xiv, article 175 (2026). https://www.nature.com/articles/s4049... Owen Emmerson and Kate McCaffrey, Capturing a Queen: the image of Anne Boleyn (2026) https://shop.hevercastle.co.uk/produc... Eric Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005) https://amzn.to/3xLivgr Susan Bordo, The Creation of Anne Boleyn: In Search of the Tudors' Most Notorious Queen (One World Publications, 2014) https://amzn.to/3zznLY1 Sarah Morris and Natalie Grueninger, In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn (2013) https://amzn.to/2W9oJct Antonia Fraser, The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (2nd edn, Phoenix, 2009) https://amzn.to/36IqD5r David Starkey, Six Wives: the Queens of Henry VIII (Vintage, 2004) https://amzn.to/3wImKIh GEAR USED Apple MacBook Pro Laptop (for video editing): https://amzn.to/3S6IoRK Blue Yeti Microphone: https://amzn.to/3FgEDYq Go-Pro Hero 13 camera: https://amzn.to/41H4Xnt GoPro 3-Way 2.0 (Tripod/Grip/Arm): https://amzn.to/3vaVxjU Memory Card: https://amzn.to/3KeLZZs DJI Drone: https://amzn.to/39hROZm NB: Links above may be affiliate links. This means if you make a purchase through one of these links, I earn a small commission. It in no way affects the price you pay. Open Street Map copyright information https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright Creative Commons licenses used see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/