Researchers found evidence of alterations to the painting, indicating it could be the only known live portrait of Lade Jane Grey.

A portrait purporting to be of a living Lady Jane Grey, best-known from a post-death painting of her execution, has gone on display.

English Heritage has published new research into the picture, supporting the fact it may depict Lady Jane Grey, but its sitter was also proposed in a 2007 exhibition

A painting that has gone on public display Friday could be the only portrait of England’s shortest-reigning queen, Lady Jane Grey, painted during her lifetime, according to the conservation group

Researchers believe they may have identified the only known portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the so-called “Nine Days Queen,” painted before her death.

And what’s more – it’s been loaned to the stately home in Silsoe from a private collection, alongside six other paintings including one of Wrest’s most prominent owners Jemima Marchioness Grey (1723-1797). But what of the other Grey?

An intriguing portrait believed by some to be of England’s ill-fated queen, Lady Jane Grey, could be the only one painted during her lifetime, research suggests — but not everyone is convinced.

Experts believe they have uncovered enough evidence to suggest a Tudor-era portrait could be the only known image of Lady Jane Grey painted in her lifetime. She was "the nine days queen", whose brief reign was an unsuccessful bid by Protestants to prevent the accession of her Catholic cousin Mary I (1553 to 1558).

Mystery Solved? Is this the only portrait of tragic teen Queen Lady Jane Grey? - Compelling evidence that a 16th-century painting depicts Lady Jane Grey – the monarch executed in 1554 – in a stunning

Researchers may have found the only known portrait of Lady Jane Grey, which was defaced in an iconoclastic attack.

A sixteenth century portrait which may depict the famous 'nine days Queen' Lady Jane Grey has been loaned to Wrest Park, an historic property in Bedfordshire run by English Heritage. The loan, from a private collection, is accompanied by interpretation regarding a recent research and conservation project on the picture.

Lady Jane Grey was executed on Tower Green at the Tower of London on 12 February 1554, at the age of just 17. | ITV News Anglia