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Description: | Bust portrait of George Buchanan. Sitter is wearing a fur gown and black cap and holding a book in his right hand. Hands are badly painted, copy of work by Pourbus.
"The original painting is by Frans Pourbus I (1545-81) a painter who worked mainly in Antwerp and is renown for his portraits of Reformation figures. G. Buchanan (1506-1582) was a leading 16th century humanist and Latin poet who after initial support became the chief accuser of Mary Queen of Scots after the murder of Lord Darnley. His history of Scotland 'Rerum Scoticarum Historia' (1582), in addition to being judged some of the best Latin prose of the Renaissance period, became the leading account of Scottish history for over 200 years. The painting is likely to reflect Marischal College's desire to distance itself from the defeated Stuart cause in the aftermath of the failure of the 1745-6 Jacobite rising."
Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541 | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1700-1800 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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