Frans Pourbus the younger

Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569–1622) was a Flemish painter, son of Frans Pourbus the Elder and grandson of Pieter Pourbus. He was born in Antwerp and died in Paris. He is also referred to as "Frans II".

Pourbus worked for many of the highly influential people of his day, including the Brussels-based Spanish Regents of the Netherlands, the Duke of Mantua and Marie de' Medici, Queen of France. Works of his can be found in the Royal Collection, the National Museum in Warsaw, the Louvre, the Prado, the Rijksmuseum, the Royal College of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and many other museums.

Style

Pourbus was best known for portraits, but created some history paintings. He produced portraits that were pleasing to his patrons, but rarely providing his works with dramatic situations, or even landscape backgrounds. He is noted for his depiction of costume, jewellery and draperies, as in his portrait of Henry IV of France (below).

Patronage

Pourbus completed his apprenticeship in Antwerp in 1591. At the end of the 16th century, he worked for Archduke Albert and the Infanta Isabella in Brussels. On 27 June 1600, he was paid for a portrait of the Infanta (see below). This was subsequently presented to Anne of Denmark (wife of James VI and I) by the Ambassador of the Spanish Netherlands and this work remains in the Royal Collection.

In 1600, he was recruited as court painter in Mantua by Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua who met him when Gonzaga was on a visit to the Netherlands buying works of art. Within months of his appointment, Peter Paul Rubens arrived at the Mantuan court, but there is no evidence of hostility between the two. In 1609, Pourbus moved to Paris at the instigation of Marie de Médici (see her portrait below).Your Paintings
/ref> It was here that he perfected his style. He worked as Marie de Médici's court painter until his death.

File:Frans Pourbus the Younger - Portrait of a man - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Portrait of a man''
File:Henry IV of france by pourbous younger.jpg, ''Henry IV of France''
File:Frans Pourbus (II) - Portrait of Isabella Clara Eugenia of Austria with her Dwarf - WGA18236.jpg, '' Infanta Isabella''
File:0 Marie de Médicis - Frans Pourbus le Jeune - Louvre (INV1710) - (2).JPG, '' Marie de' Medici''

Death

He died in Paris and was buried on 19 February 1621/2. The exact date of his death is unknown.

The "Anne Boleyn" portrait

Among his works is a portrait of an Italian lady in the Pinacoteca Malaspina, Pavia that has been incorrectly identified as Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England (see below). This identification is a result of a later inscription.Web Gallery of Art
/ref> The portrait was in any case painted some years after Anne Boleyn's death in 1536.

Other examples of his work

File:Frans Pourbus III, portrait of unknown Italian lady misattributed as Queen Anne Boleyn 2.jpg, ''Portrait of an Italian lady'' (incorrectly described as Anne Boleyn)
File:Portrait of King Louis XIII of France with the Sash and Badge of the Order of the Saint Esprit (by Frans Pourbus the Younger).jpg, ''Louis XIII, King of France'' (with the Sash and Badge of the Order of Saint Esprit)
File:Albertus van Habsburg (1559-1621), aartshertog van Oostenrijk Rijksmuseum SK-A-509.jpeg, '' Albert of Austria''
File:A man aged 32 by Frans Pourbus the Younger.JPG, ''A man aged 32''
File:Studio of Frans Pourbus II Vincenzo Gonzaga Duke of Mantua.jpg, ''Vincenzo Gonzaga Duke of Mantua''
File:Pourbus Councilors of Paris.JPG, ''Councilors of Paris''
File:Margarita Gonzaga, future Duchess of Lorraine as depicted in 1606 by Frans Pourbus the Younger.jpg, '' Margarita Gonzaga''
File:Anne of Austria by Frans Pourbus, 1616.jpg, ''Anne of Austria''
File:Frans Pourbus (II) - Louis XIII as a Child - WGA18241.jpg, ''Louis XIII of France''
File:MariadeMedici11.jpg, '' Marie de' Medici''
File:Frans Pourbus the Younger - Portrait of Maria de’ Medici - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Marie de' Medici''
File:Frans Pourbus II - Isabella Clara Eugenia.jpg, ''Isabella Clara Eugenia''
File:3157 Print 14632kopie.jpg, '' Philip III of Spain,'' 1599–1601, The Phoebus Foundation

File:3157-2-vis Print 14980kopie.jpg, ''Margaretha of Austria,'' 1599–1601, The Phoebus Foundation
File:2970 Print 12438kopie.jpg, ''Portrait of a humanist ( Justus Lipsius?),'' 1595, The Phoebus Foundation

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1569 births
1622 deaths
16th-century Flemish painters
17th-century Flemish painters
Artists from Antwerp