page_title: Adrian Vanson
section_title: External links
hierarchical_section_title: Adrian Vanson / External links
context_page_description: Adrian Vanson was court portrait painter to James VI of Scotland.
  Adrian was probably born in Breda, the son of Willem Claesswen van Son by Kathelijn Adriaen Matheus de Blauwverversdochter. His uncle Peter Mattheus was a painter in London. In Edinburgh he signed his name "Van Son".
  Adrian's first recorded works for James VI in Scotland were two pictures to be sent to Theodore Beza in Geneva, for which he was paid £8-10s in June 1581. These portraits of John Knox and George Buchanan had been sent to Geneva in November 1579 for inclusion as woodcuts in Theodore Beza's Icones, but arrived too late for the book. The woodcuts of Knox and James VI published in Simon Goulart's 1581 edition of the Icones are thought to follow Vanson's portraits. Another woodcut image of George Buchanan, not used in the Icones, but appearing in other works, has been attributed to Arnold Bronckorst.
  Adrian Vanson succeeded Arnold Bronckhorst as "King's painter" in Scotland in May 1584. His appointment and yearly fee of £100 was confirmed by privy seal letter on 20 August 1584. When he was made a burgess of Edinburgh in December 1585, it was hoped he would teach his craft to apprentices.
context_section_description: Adrian Vanson at the National Galleries of Scotland
  James VI by Adrian Vanson, at Edinburgh Castle, (Historic Scotland)
  Information on the Edinburgh Castle Vanson from Philip Mould Ltd.
  Margaret Graham by Adam de Colone, National Galleries of Scotland
  James Erskine, 6th earl of Buchan by Adam de Colone, National Galleries of Scotland
  9 paintings by or after Adrian Vanson at the Art UK site
caption: Agnes Douglas, attributed to Adrian Vanson
  National Galleries of Scotland
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