Arnold Bronckorst
(active 1565 or 1566-1585), ArtistArtist associated with 4 portraits
Little is known about the life of Arnold van Bronckorst. He was a painter who worked in both England and Scotland, but only a few paintings can be attributed to him with a reasonable degree of certainty. The earliest record of him is a payment for a portrait of Sir Henry Sidney, dated 1565, when he was living in London. In Scotland Bronckorst is first recorded in 1580, when he was paid by the treasury for a number of portraits. In 1581, he was appointed painter-in-ordinary to James VI of Scotland. Bronckorst moved back to London in the mid-1580s.
Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso
by George Perfect Harding, after Arnold Bronckorst
watercolour, 19th century, based on a work of 1578
NPG 2408
Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso
by Arnold Bronckorst
oil on panel, 1578
NPG 6919
after Arnold Bronckorst
oil on panel, 1581
NPG 524
King James I of England and VI of Scotland
after Rowland Lockey, after Arnold Bronckorst
photogravure, published 1902 (1574)
NPG D42677
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