Portret van Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq

The subject is shown in a chest-length engraving, wearing a fur-lined cloak and a starched ruff collar typical of the late 16th century. He is depicted with a scholarly, dignified expression, having a short beard and receding hair. Below the image is a Latin verse celebrating his diplomatic career and his influence across Europe and the Ottoman Empire.

Busbecq was a pivotal figure in the history of natural philosophy for his recovery of the 6th-century Vienna Dioscorides, the most influential botanical text of the era. His diplomatic missions to Constantinople also led to the introduction of tulips and lilacs to Western Europe, bridging the gap between Eastern botanical knowledge and Renaissance science.