Artist
Frans Pourbus the Elder
Habsburg Netherlands, 1545–1581
Frans Pourbus the Elder was a Habsburg Netherlands Early Baroque Italian painter. 16 works are cataloged here, principally at Kunsthistorisches Museum, most of them oil paintings. Frans Pourbus the Elder was born in Bruges.
Frans Pourbus the Elder (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. 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.
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