Pieter Pourbus

Painting, Visual Artist

1523 – 1584

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Who was Pieter Pourbus?

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus was a Dutch-born Flemish Renaissance painter.

According to Karel van Mander Pourbus was born in Gouda but moved to Bruges at a young age, where he married the daughter of Lancelot Blondeel. Though he painted many good works in Bruges, his best work was in Gouda, the History of Saint Hubertus. He was later eclipsed by his own son. Besides painting, he was also a surveyor and engineer. He was known primarily for his religious and portrait painting and worked mainly in Bruges, where he had settled before 1543, when he became a member of the Bruges Guild of Saint Luke. His pupils were his son Frans Pourbus the Elder, Antonius Claeissens, and his grandson Frans Pourbus the younger. He died in Bruges.

Portrait of Jan van Eyewerve, 1551

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Born
1523
Gouda
Children
Nationality
  • Netherlands
Profession
Lived in
  • Gouda
Died
Jan 30, 1584

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on July 23, 2013

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