Frans Pourbus the Elder

Frans Pourbus the Elder
Portrait of a man, possibly a self-portrait
Born1545
Bruges, County of Flanders, Holy Roman Empire
DiedSeptember 19, 1581
Spouses
  • Suzanna Floris (m. 1566 – died 1578)
  • Anna Mahieu (m. 1578)
Children
FatherPieter Pourbus

Frans Pourbus the Elder[1][2] (Bruges, 1545 – Antwerp, 19 September 1581) was a Flemish Renaissance painter who is known primarily for his portraits and religious compositions, as well as a few genre scenes.[3] He was the son of the prominent Bruges painter and cartographer Pieter Pourbus and the father of Frans Pourbus the Younger who became an international portraitist of the European ruling class.[4]

  1. ^ Last name also rendered as: 'Poerbus', 'Poorbus', 'Pouribus', 'Poyerbus', 'Purebus' or 'Poederbusse'
  2. ^ Gaëlle Brackez, Frans Pourbus de oudere (1545-1581) Een blik op zijn leven en oeuvre volume i: tekst, Masterproef voorgelegd aan de Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Vakgroep Kunst -, Muziek- en Theaterwetenschappen, voor het verkrijgen van de graad van Master, Universiteit Gent Academiejaar 2011 -2012 (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Frans Pourbus the Elder, attributed to, Merry company at Lempertz
  4. ^ Frans Pourbus (I) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)