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Portrait of Augerius Gislenus Busbequius (1522-1592), bust-length, in a fur-lined coat and black hat, a book under his right arm
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Théophile Lybaert (1848-1927) after Hans Holbein II
Portrait of Augerius Gislenus Busbequius (1522-1592), bust-length, in a fur-lined coat and black hat, a book under his right arm
signed, inscribed and dated 'Theophiele Lybaert 1917.' (upper left) 'Augerius-Egislenus-Busbeguius/peregrinator eruditissimus, natus, Cominii, a°-1522.'
oil on panel
35.8 x 26.7 cm.
Portrait of Augerius Gislenus Busbequius (1522-1592), bust-length, in a fur-lined coat and black hat, a book under his right arm
signed, inscribed and dated 'Theophiele Lybaert 1917.' (upper left) 'Augerius-Egislenus-Busbeguius/peregrinator eruditissimus, natus, Cominii, a°-1522.'
oil on panel
35.8 x 26.7 cm.
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Further details
Augerius Gislenus Busbequius was Ambassador for Emperor Ferdinand I to the Court of Suleiman the Magnificent from 1554-62; his accounts of this are preserved through his Legationis Turcicae epistolae quatuor. He is celebrated as the first European to introduce the tulip to Europe - a plant he had much admired in the gardens of Constantinople and Adrianople. Busbequius was depicted in an engraving by Melchior Lorck from a likeness taken in Constaninople in 1557.