Portrait of William Elphinstone. Oil painting of a middle aged white man wearing highly decorated and bejewelled bishop's hat and cloak in green and gold. The cloak is decorated with foliage patterns and images of saints. He has his hands in prayer and holds a crozier under one arm. He is next to a window out of which can be seen hills and a river with boats.

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Oil painting, bust portrait, near profile L, of William Elphinstone (Bishop of Aberdeen from 1488-1514), wearing the Bishop's regalia and vestments, his hands clasped in prayer, rings on both hands. The Elphinstone coat of arms and motto 'Non confunidar' can be seen in the window and a landscape of ships on a river through a window on his right, probably representing the Aberdeen coast. Painted in oil on a wooden panel, possibly by a Flemish painter in about 1505. It may be part of an altarpiece intended for the chapel at King's College at its foundation.
Inscription: On scroll: Non Confunidar

Early: 1480 Late: 1505

oil paint panel, painting, H: 800 mm W: 515 mm Th: | H: 695 mm W: 410 m

Physical Object

Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, King's College Aberdeen Aberdeenshire

Acquisition Source: Elphinstone, William ?