Bust, Ronsard's home, Prieure de Saint-Cosme, La Riche, Loire Valley, France

Bust, 1557, of Pierre de Ronsard, 1524-85, French poet, 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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Bust, 1557, of Pierre de Ronsard, 1524-85, French poet, 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