Pieter Pourbus

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Pieter Pourbus (1523, Gouda - 30 January 1584, Bruges) was a Dutch-born Flemish Renaissance painter.

Remi Ommejaghere and his three sons Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, Bruges, Belgium
Remi Ommejaghere and his three sons
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, Bruges, Belgium

He was known primarily for his religious and portrait painting and worked mainly in Bruges, where he had moved from Gouda by 1543. His son was the painter Frans Pourbus the Elder and his grandson was Frans Pourbus the younger

Portrait of Jan van Eyewerve, 1551 (Groeninge Museum)
Portrait of Jan van Eyewerve, 1551 (Groeninge Museum)

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