Adrian Vanson (d. c.1602) was a Netherlandish-born painter who worked in Scotland during the reign of James VI. He was active in Edinburgh from the 1580s, serving as a court portraitist at a time when Scottish patrons increasingly commissioned artists from continental Europe.
Vanson painted members of the royal household and nobility. His James VI and I (1595) depicts the Scottish king before he inherited the English throne in 1603. The portrait is held by the National Galleries of Scotland. The artist's careful treatment of costume and likeness reflects the conventions of late sixteenth-century court painting.
Vanson became a burgess of Edinburgh in 1585 and painted Scottish nobles including Lady Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll. His work provides important visual evidence of the Scottish court before the Union of the Crowns. He is thought to have died around 1602, although the precise circumstances are not known.
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