I just received tonight, out of the blue, a picture of this magnificent portrait of our ancestor Peeter Panhuys
The picture was painted by Bruges’ most famous portrait painter of the sixteenth century, Pieter Pourbus, just a year after Panhuys’ wedding with Margrijete Bartholomeus von Eyckelenburgh
Treasurer of the city of Antwerp and a great art collector, Peeter van Panhuys (1529-1585) is depicted here at the age of 34 by Pourbus, twelve years before the famous painting by Maerten de Vos, now at the Mauritshuis Museum
PIETER JANSZ. POURBUS (1523-1584)
“Portrait of Peeter van Panhuys”
Oil on panel, dated 1562
With Peeter van Panhuys’ coat-of-arms
H: 105 x W: 75 cm
Dear Olivier Panhuys,
I am hoping to publish a book on the Antwerp circle that is shown in Maerten de Vos’s portrait historié of Moses and the tablets of the Law (i.e. the Panhuys Paneel) and I would dearly love to include the mqagnificent Pourbus portrait of Peeter van Panhuys. Are you able to help me by putting me in contact with the owner to see if I may obtain permission to do so?
With best wishes, Richard Willmott
Hi Richard.
I will try to find out. As much as I remember, It belongs to a museum.
Please communicate via e-mail: olivier@panhuys.com
this and my kindest regards