# Portrait of Olivier van Nieulant [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [POURBUS, Pieter]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on panel, 49,5 x 37,5 cm ## Commentary The versatile artist Pieter Pourbus, whose career was spent in the flourishing town of Bruges, can be seen as displaying a certain duality of both progressive and old-fashioned traits. His Portrait of Olivier van Nieulant, a Bruges alderman, dates from his less successful period. His sober and sharp observation is, however, still present, while the even execution, neutral ground and flowing outlines of his subject are characteristic. The neat figure of Van Nieulant is rather old-looking \(he is only 26\). ## Related artworks - [Last Judgment]() - [Last Supper]() - [Portrait of a Young Minister]() - [Portrait of Jacquemyne Buuck]() - [Portrait of Jan Lopez Gallo and His Three Sons]() - [Portrait of Jan van Eyewerve]() - [Portrait of Jan Wyts]() - [The Damhouder Triptych \(central panel, detail\)]() - [The Damhouder Triptych \(central panel, detail\)]() - [The Damhouder Triptych \(central panel\)]() - [The Damhouder Triptych]() - [Triptych with the Crucifixion]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()