Pieter Pourbus

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Portrait of Jan van Eyewerves from 1551 (Groeninge Museum)

Pieter Pourbus (* 1523 in Gouda ; † January 30, 1584 in Bruges ) was a Flemish Renaissance painter , cartographer, engineer and surveyor.

Pieter Pourbus was a contemporary of the artist Karel van Mander . He moved to Bruges in his youth. This city offered him the opportunity to establish himself as a painter during his lifetime. In 1543 he became a member of the Bruges painters' guild. He later became a member of other municipal associations, such as the archers of Bruges.

Frans Pourbus the Elder , a history and portrait painter, was his son and student, the painter Frans Pourbus the Younger was his grandson.

Works

  • c.1547: Allegory of True Love (London, Wallace Collection )
  • 1548: The Last Supper (Bruges, Groeninge Museum )
  • 1551: Portrait of Jan van Eyewerve and Jacquemyne ​​Buuck (Bruges, Groeninge Museum )
  • 1551: The Last Judgment (Bruges, Groeninge Museum )
  • 1556: Triptych by Joos van Belle (Bruges, St. Jacob's Church)
  • 1556: Two wings with portraits of the members of the Noble Brotherhood of the Holy Blood (Bruges, Museum van de Edele Confrerie van het Heilig Bloed)
  • 1559: Triptych of the Sacramentary Brotherhood of St. Salvator (Bruges, Sint Salvatorskathedraal )
  • 1559: Adoration of the Golden Calf (Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland )
  • 1568: Portrait of Jan López Gallo and his sons (Bruges, Groeninge Museum )
  • 1570: Portrait of Jan Wyts (created until 1575) (Bruges, Groeningemuseum )
  • 1573: Portrait of Olivier van Nieulant (Antwerp, KMSKA )
  • 1574: Triptych by Joos de Damhouder with the Adoration of the Shepherds (Bruges, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk)

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SURNAME Pourbus, Pieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish painter, cartographer, engineer and surveyor
DATE OF BIRTH 1523
PLACE OF BIRTH Gouda cheese
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1584
Place of death Bruges