Portrait of Guillaume Budé
1536
unspecified
From the collection of University of Cyprus
1536
unspecified
From the collection of University of Cyprus
This painting shows a man writing in a book. He's carefully noting down a line of Greek text. The text is from Stobaeus, a Greek author, and it says something about wanting what you don't need. The man in the painting is Guillaume Budé, a French humanist. He was important in Europe during the 16th century for promoting Greek studies. This portrait shows how writing in Greek was a key part of being a scholar back then.
