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Pieter Pourbus

Dutch-born Flemish Renaissance painter
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Pieter Pourbus
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Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
1523, 1524[10]
Date of death
January 30, 1584
Place of birth
Gouda
Place of death
Bruges
Country of citizenship
Southern Netherlands[12]
Ethnic group
Flemish people[13]
Occupation
painter, sculptor, cartographer, draftsperson, architect, engineer, map drawer[14][15]
Notable work
Portrait of a Noble Young Lady, Triptych of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, The Annunciation, by Pieter Pourbus[16][17][18]
Child
Frans Pourbus the Elder[11]
Genre
portrait[20]
Work location
Bruges[23]
Student of
Lancelot Blondeel[25]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
Schilder-boeck, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Repertorium van Nederlandse kaartmakers[26][27][28][29]
Family name
Pourbus[21]
Given name
Pieter[22]
Has works in the collection
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Groeningemuseum, Sint-Salvatorskathedraal, Museum van het Heilig Bloed, National Galleries Scotland, Rijksmuseum, Brooklyn Museum, Itamaraty Historical and Diplomatic Museum, Museo del Prado, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Bavarian State Painting Collections, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, National Gallery of Ireland, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Wallace Collection, Condé Museum, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Museum Gouda, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Tour 46, Musée de Picardie, Burrell Collection, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Musea Brugge, Museum of Fine Arts Belfort, Ascott House, Galleria nazionale di Parma, Church of Our Lady[32][33][34][35]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, Scheepvaartmuseum Wikidataproject[30][31]
Relative
Lancelot Blondeel[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en P. Pourbus en Peeter Pourbus en Peter Porbus en peter pourbus en Peter Pourpus en Pierre Porbus en Pierre Pourbus en Pieter Jansz Pourbus en Pieter Jansz. Pourbus en pieter pourbus en Pieter Pourbus en Pieter Pourbus the Younger (unidentified) en Pieter, the younger (unidentified) Pourbus en Pieter (unidentified) Pourbus en pourbus pieter d. j. en P. Porbus el Πίτερ Πάουρμπους es Pieter Jansz. Pourbus fr Pieter Jansz. Pourbus ja ピーテル・プルビュス
🔖 Identifiers · 58
ISNI
0000000080132193
VIAF cluster ID
120993002, 96250453
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85309947
GND ID
122871308
Art Renewal Center artist ID
4854
Art UK artist ID
pourbus-pieter-15231584
Artcyclopedia artist ID
pourbus_pieter
Artist ID of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre
2140-POURBUS-Pieter
Artnet artist ID
pieter-jansz-pourbus
Athenaeum person ID
5549
Benezit ID
B00145256
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12167865b
Show all 58 identifiers +46
Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID
68359349
Biographie nationale de Belgique ID
pierre-pourbus
Boijmans artist ID
14635
British Museum person or institution ID
42516
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
pourbus-pieter-jansz
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00572122
Christie's creator ID
39991
DBNL author ID
pour001
DDB person (GND) ID
122871308
De Agostini ID
Pourbus,+Pieter
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
122871308
Dictionnaire des peintres belges ID
4347
DigitaltMuseum ID
021039689879
ECARTICO person ID
6121
Europeana entity
agent/base/3205
FAST ID
1842063
Freebase ID
/m/0gp5bh
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004498209707141
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m0gp5bh
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
pieter-jansz-pourbus
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0052462
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Peter_Pourbus
HAND ID
4D19-4549-4128-1FF8-6295
IdRef ID
030215838
Invaluable.com person ID
n12worg6cl
J9U entity ID
987007407486705171
KBR person ID
14228006
KulturNav-ID
7125f954-a3bf-46c0-8cca-89e294834b4c
Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID
1739
Met Constituent ID
108187
Museo del Prado artwork ID
6ab1e1f6-e100-43d4-a227-ae51ba004e6b/
Museum-digital person/organization ID
130933
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070335206
Norwegian National Museum producer ID
53579
Open Library ID
OL11821961A
Pinakothek artist ID
ZKGPNW6xgA
Prabook ID
1960001
RKDartists ID
64551
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
92011
SBN author ID
UBOV546276
Sandrart.net person ID
1689
Treccani ID
pieter-pourbus
Union List of Artist Names ID
500011430
Web Gallery of Art artist ID
p/pourbus/pieter
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhRFw3RCkbHJ7k9jTRkDq
Yale LUX ID
person/f75cc502-343f-4b2f-84ef-9c4f2dec6174

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 27
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museo del Prado, Rijksmuseum, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium +19 more
Occupation 6
architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, draftsperson, cartographer
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Schilder-boeck
Child 1
Frans Pourbus the Elder
Children (paternal) 1
Frans Pourbus the Elder
Country of citizenship 1
Southern Netherlands
Genre 1
portrait
Given name 1
Pieter
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Gouda
Place of death 1
Bruges
Relative 1
Lancelot Blondeel
Sex or gender 1
male
Student of 1
Lancelot Blondeel
Students 1
Frans Pourbus the Elder
Work location 1
Bruges
← Relative 1
Lancelot Blondeel
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Summary

Pieter Pourbus was born in 1523[1] in Gouda[2]. He died on January 30, 1584[3], in Bruges[4]. He worked as a painter[5], sculptor[6], cartographer[7], draftsperson[8], and architect[9].

FAQs

Where was Pieter Pourbus born?

Pieter Pourbus's place of birth was Gouda[2].

Where did Pieter Pourbus die?

Pieter Pourbus passed away in Bruges[4].

What did Pieter Pourbus do for work?

Pieter Pourbus worked as a painter[5], sculptor[6], cartographer[7], draftsperson[8], and architect[9].

Related Entities

Brooklyn Museum Bruges Burrell Collection Condé Museum Gemäldegalerie Berlin Groeningemuseum Kunsthistorisches Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Museo del Prado National Gallery of Ireland National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design Rijksmuseum Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Southern Netherlands Wallace Collection

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . museabrugge.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Repertorium van Nederlandse kaartmakers. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . museabrugge.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [10] ↑ . Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . museabrugge.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Repertorium van Nederlandse kaartmakers. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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