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Abraham Bloemaert

1566 - 1651

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Abraham Bloemaert (25 December 1566 – 27 January 1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who used etching and engraving. He initially worked in the style of the "Haarlem Mannerists", but by the beginning of the 17th-century altered his style in line with the new Baroque style that was then developing. He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Bloemaert has received more than 107,812 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Abraham Bloemaert is the 364th most popular painter (up from 403rd in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 149th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Dutch Painter.

Abraham Bloemaert was a Dutch painter who is most famous for his portraits.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Abraham Bloemaert ranks 364 out of 2,023Before him are Lorenzo Monaco, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Francesco Albani, Stefan Lochner, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, and Elisabetta Sirani. After him are Balthus, Jan Gossaert, Maarten van Heemskerck, Anna Ancher, Paul Sérusier, and Norman Rockwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1566, Abraham Bloemaert ranks 7Before him are Mehmed III, Sigismund III Vasa, James VI and I, Carlo Gesualdo, Isabella Clara Eugenia, and Giambattista Basile. After him are Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Sendivogius, Giovanni Baglione, Jan Jesenius, Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Francesco Erizzo. Among people deceased in 1651, Abraham Bloemaert ranks 5Before him are Kösem Sultan, Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, Lennart Torstensson, and Tokugawa Iemitsu. After him are Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Tugay Bey, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Ngawang Namgyal, Giulia Tofana, and Jacob Adriaensz Backer.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Abraham Bloemaert ranks 150 out of 1,646Before him are Johnny Rep (1951), Gaius Julius Civilis (25), Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), René van de Kerkhof (1951), and William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365). After him are Maarten van Heemskerck (1498), Ruud Lubbers (1939), Wim Kok (1938), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Antonia Brico (1902), and Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939).

Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Abraham Bloemaert ranks 35Before him are Paulus Potter (1625), George Hendrik Breitner (1857), Gerard David (1450), Anton Mauve (1838), Ary Scheffer (1795), and Meindert Hobbema (1638). After him are Maarten van Heemskerck (1498), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Aelbert Cuyp (1620), Ferdinand Bol (1616), Karel Appel (1921), and Pieter Lastman (1583).