Pieter Pourbus

The Last Supper, 1562, Church of Our Lady, Bruges

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus (Gouda, around 1523 – Bruges, 30 January 1584) was a Dutch Flemish Renaissance painter, sculptor, draftsman and cartographer.^[1]

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.^[2] Though he painted many good works in Bruges, his best work was in the Sint Janskerk in Gouda, the History of Saint Hubertus.^[2] He was later eclipsed by his own son, Frans Pourbus the Elder.^[2] Besides painting, he was also a surveyor and engineer.^[1][2] 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.^[1] His pupils were his son, Frans Pourbus the Elder, Antonius Claeissens, and his grandson Frans Pourbus the younger. He died in Bruges.^[1]

The works of Pourbus and his teacher Blondeel belong the Mannerism style. The Groeningemuseum in Bruges displays many of his works. The Museum Het Catharina Gasthuis in Gouda possesses a few of his works. The Sint Janskerk and the Church of Our Lady, Bruges have some of his art.

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  Portrait of a gentleman in armour, (Musée de Picardie, France)
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  Christian van der Goes, 1574
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  Portrait of Jan van Eyewerve, 1551 (Groeningemuseum, Bruges)
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  Bearded, red-headed Man, seated, 1555
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  Portrait of a Young Woman in a White Coif
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  Portret of Jacquemyne Buuck, 1551
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  Remigius Ommejaghere and his three sons, Church of Our Lady, Bruges
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  Petronella Heve and her three daughters, Church of Our Lady, Bruges

References

External links

• Media related to Pieter Pourbus at Wikimedia Commons
• Pieter Pourbus in the Web Gallery of Art
• List of images from Netherlands Institute for Art History
• Portrait of Jan van Eyewerve, Flemish Art Collection (partially in Dutch)