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According to an account of gold mining in Scotland by Stephen Atkinson written in 1619, van Bronckorst was working in London as an associate of the English painter Nicholas Hilliard. With a third partner, his cousin (and painter ?), Cornelius de Vos, they went to Scotland to invest in gold mining, meeting Regent Morton. According to Atkinson, Hilliard invested in the mine, and Bronckhorst was in Edinburgh negotiating the sale of gold to the mint, unsuccessfully, but he was hired by Morton to paint portraits 'great and small' of the young king (later James I of England). The involvement of Hilliard has been doubted by some of his biographers. Cornelius de Vos is recorded as a mineral prospector in Scotland for gold and salt in this period, not a painter. There is a record of a 'French painter' who made a portrait of the King in September 1573, during Morton's regency, for £10. Cornelius de Vos was made to review and lost his contract in 1575, which may reflect Atkinson's description of Bronckhorst negotiating with Regent Morton on behalf of de Vos. Arnold was paid £ 130 Scots for portraits of James VI in April 1580. Sittings for the King's picture by the 'Flemish painter', probably Arnold, at Stirling Castle during the difficult political circumstances in 1579 were mentioned in letters sent to George Bowes in England, the brother of the diplomat Robert Bowes, by Archibald Douglas. The portrait, a 'portratur', was destined for Robert Bowes to be given to Queen Elizabeth. Archibald Douglas supervised the painter and the sittings, and sent the picture to England. By September 1580, Arnold had completed a half and full length of the king and a portrait of George Buchanan for £64. After receiving £46 for portraits of James on 6 September 1581, on 19 September 1581 Arnold was appointed to the post of King's Painter, the first such appointment in Scotland. He received a privy seal letter of appointment guaranteeing the payment for life of £100 yearly from the 'reddiast of his hienes' casualties and cofferis', meaning the treasurer was to make Arnold's payment a priority. The privy seal letter and account entries describe him as a 'flemyng'.
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According to an account of gold mining in Scotland by Stephen Atkinson written in 1619, van Bronckorst was working in London as an associate of the English painter Nicholas Hilliard. With a third partner, his cousin (and painter ?), Cornelius de Vos, they went to Scotland to invest in gold mining, meeting Regent Morton. According to Atkinson, Hilliard invested in the mine, and Bronckhorst was in Edinburgh negotiating the sale of gold to the mint, unsuccessfully, but he was hired by Morton to paint portraits 'great and small' of the young king (later James I of England). The involvement of Hilliard has been doubted by some of his biographers. Cornelius de Vos is recorded as a mineral prospector in Scotland for gold and salt in this period, not a painter. There is a record of a 'French painter' who made a portrait of the King in September 1573, during Morton's regency, for £10. Cornelius de Vos was made to review and lost his contract in 1575, which may reflect Atkinson's description of Bronckhorst negotiating with Regent Morton on behalf of de Vos. Arnold was paid £ 130 Scots for portraits of James VI in April 1580. Sittings for the King's picture by the 'Flemish painter', probably Arnold, at Stirling Castle during the difficult political circumstances in 1579 were mentioned in letters sent to George Bowes in England, the brother of the diplomat Robert Bowes, by Archibald Douglas. The portrait, a 'portratur', was destined for Robert Bowes to be given to Queen Elizabeth. Archibald Douglas supervised the painter and the sittings, and sent the picture to England. By September 1580, Arnold had completed a half and full length of the king and a portrait of George Buchanan for £64. After receiving £46 for portraits of James on 6 September 1581, on 19 September 1581 Arnold was appointed to the post of King's Painter, the first such appointment in Scotland. He received a privy seal letter of appointment guaranteeing the payment for life of £100 yearly from the 'reddiast of his hienes' casualties and cofferis', meaning the treasurer was to make Arnold's payment a priority. The privy seal letter and account entries describe him as a 'flemyng'.
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