Pieter Jansz. Pourbus

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Pieter Jansz. Pourbus (1524-1584)

• Was a Flemish Renaissance painter, draftsman and engineer.
• He was active in Bruges during the 16th century.
• He is known primarily for his religious and portrait paintings.
• His first biography was written by contemporary artist biographer Karel van Mander in his renowned Schilder-boeck.
• Van Mander remembers him as "the painter of Bruges".
• The two met in 1580, when Van Mander fled the ravages of the Eighty Years' War and stayed in Bruges for a time.
• Pourbus must have overwhelmed Van Mander with information about all of the sights of Bruges at that time, as he was the source for most of the information Van Mander provides regarding the Bruges school of painting.
• Pourbus became a member of the Crossbowmen's Guild of St George.
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Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, An Allegory of True Love, c. 1547

Original, The Wallace Collection, London. Visited in 2018.

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, An Allegory of True Love, c. 1547

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Portrait of Jacob van der Gheenste, Councillor and Alderman of Bruges..

Original, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. Visited in 2022.

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Portrait of Jacob van der Gheenste, Councillor and Alderman of Bruges..

Cornelis Jacobsz. de Zeeuw and possibly Pieter Pourbus, Portrait of a young man, 1563

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Cornelis Jacobsz. de Zeeuw and possibly Pieter Pourbus, Portrait of a young man, 1563

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Last Judgement, 1551

Original, Groeninge Museum Brugge, Belgium. Visited in 2023.

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Last Judgement, 1551

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Last Judgement, 1551

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Last Judgement, 1551

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Last Judgement, 1551

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Last Judgement, 1551

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Last Judgement, 1551

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Last Supper, 1548

Original, Groeninge Museum Brugge, Belgium. Visited in 2023.

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Last Supper, 1548

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Scenes of the Life of Christ, 1570

Original, Groeninge Museum Brugge, Belgium. Visited in 2023.

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Scenes of the Life of Christ, 1570

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Scenes of the Life of Christ, 1570

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Scenes of the Life of Christ, 1570

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Scenes of the Life of Christ, 1570

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Scenes of the Life of Christ, 1570

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Plan of the Abbey of the Dunes at Koksijde, 1580

Original, Groeninge Museum Brugge, Belgium. Visited in 2023.

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Plan of the Abbey of the Dunes at Koksijde, 1580

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Plan of the Abbey of the Dunes at Koksijde, 1580

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Plan of the Abbey of the Dunes at Koksijde, 1580

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Plan of the Abbey of the Dunes at Koksijde, 1580

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Juan Lopez Gallo, president of the Spanish nation, and sons, 1568

Original, Gruuthusemuseum Brugge, Belgium. Visited in 2023.

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Juan Lopez Gallo, president of the Spanish nation, and sons, 1568

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Juan Lopez Gallo, president of the Spanish nation, and sons, 1568