George Buchanan [seòras Bochanan], 1506 - 1582. Historian, Poet And Reformer — Arnold Bronckhorst, Or Bronckorst Or Van Bronckhorst

George Buchanan [Seòras Bochanan], 1506 - 1582. Historian, poet and reformer


arnold bronckhorst, or bronckorst or van bronckhorst

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Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

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Buchanan was born at Killearn in Stirlingshire in 1506. This portrait, painted within a year of his death, shows Buchanan as a great scholar. The inscription on the painting translates as: