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Description: | This half-length, frontal portrait of a white-bearded old man with book in right hand is of George Buchanan, Principal of St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews University. He wears a black gown, which can hardly be distinguished from the dark background. This may be the original portrait by Arnold Bronckhorst, for which James VI authorised payment in 1580. The portrait of Buchanan in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG1581) is thought to be a copy. It also bears similarity to the engraved portrait of Buchanan in Boissard's Icones Vivorum Illustrium of 1598, for which this painted portrait may have served as prototype. | Subjects: | portrait (George Buchanan) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Bronckorst, Arnold (Netherlandish painter, ca.1566-1586) Æ Attributed to school of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8356... | Go to resource |
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