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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This is a copy of a portrait of William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen (1431-1514) by the Scottish painter James Giles (1801-1870), famous for his portraits and landscapes paintings. The portrait that Giles copied is a painting on panel of about 1505 by a Flemish artist (University of Aberdeen). Many copies of the origial painting exist, and Giles himself painted it at least one other time (Fyvie Castle), using the same composition with the Latin legend painted across the bottom of the canvas. | Subjects: | William portrait (Elphinstone Bishop of Aberdeen) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Giles, James William (British printmaker 1801-1870) Æ Attributed to after Flemish School | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8615... | Go to resource |
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