# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frans-pourbus-the-elder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:47:09.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frans-pourbus-the-elder"
name: "Frans Pourbus the Elder"
slug: "frans-pourbus-the-elder"
description: "Frans Pourbus the Elder 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."
tagline: "Flemish painter (1545–1581)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frans_Pourbus_I_-_Portrait_of_a_man%2C_possibly_a_self-portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1545"
deathDate: "1581-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.87937466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pourbus_den_Oudern"
    title: "Frans Pourbus den Oudern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pourbus_el_Vell"
    title: "Frans Pourbus el Vell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pourbus_der_%C3%84ltere"
    title: "Frans Pourbus der Ältere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%AC%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B2%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Φρανς Πάουρμπους ο πρεσβύτερος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pourbus_the_Elder"
    title: "Frans Pourbus the Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pourbus_el_Viejo"
    title: "Frans Pourbus el Viejo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pourbus_l'Ancien"
    title: "Frans Pourbus l'Ancien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pourbus_(fest%C5%91%2C_1545%E2%80%931581)"
    title: "Frans Pourbus (festő, 1545–1581)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pourbus_il_Vecchio"
    title: "Frans Pourbus il Vecchio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%A5%E3%82%B9_(%E7%88%B6)"
    title: "フランス・プルビュス (父)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pourbus_(I)"
    title: "Frans Pourbus (I)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pourbus%2C_o_Velho"
    title: "Frans Pourbus, o Velho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Пурбус, Франс (Старший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Pourbus_den_%C3%A4ldre"
    title: "Frans Pourbus den äldre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Франс Пурбус старший"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1445472"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump