Portrait of Pierre de Ronsard, 1524-85, French poet, painting, copy of an original in the Musee de Blois, 17th century, by Blois School painter, in the writing room of his home in the prior's lodge, where he lived from 1565 until his death in 1585, at the Prieure de Saint-Cosme, or Priory of St Cosmas, La Riche, in the Loire Valley, Indre-et-Loire, France. Ronsard was prior here for 20 years and is buried in the chancel of the church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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