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Abraham Janssens

1570 - 1632

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Abraham Janssens I, Abraham Janssen I or Abraham Janssens van Nuyssen (1575–1632) was a Flemish painter, who is known principally for his large religious and mythological works, which show the influence of Caravaggio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Janssens has received more than 63,105 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Abraham Janssens is the 812th most popular painter (up from 984th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 344th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Abraham Janssens ranks 812 out of 2,023Before him are Philip de László, Kurt Westergaard, Konstantin Korovin, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Frans Floris, and Bada Shanren. After him are Ogata Kōrin, Ľudovít Fulla, Franz von Lenbach, George Stubbs, Giovanni Baglione, and Sebastiaen Vrancx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1570, Abraham Janssens ranks 10Before him are Willem Janszoon, Jan Janszoon, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Kara Davud Pasha, Giorgi Saakadze, and Alessandro Salvio. After him are Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Péter Pázmány, John Smyth, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Salamone Rossi, and Philip, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. Among people deceased in 1632, Abraham Janssens ranks 17Before him are Infante Carlos of Spain, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Valentin de Boulogne, Ludovico Ludovisi, Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, and Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine. After him are Anna of Cleves, Albert Girard, Jan Porcellis, Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency, Hendrick van Balen the Elder, and Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Abraham Janssens ranks 292 out of 1,190Before him are Jan Fyt (1611), Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), Alexander De Croo (1975), Philippe Herreweghe (1947), Achille Van Acker (1898), and Frans Floris (1519). After him are John III, Duke of Brabant (1300), Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872), Patrick Sercu (1944), Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Jean Bolland (1596), and Gustave de Molinari (1819).

Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Abraham Janssens ranks 51Before him are Antoine Wiertz (1806), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), Jan Fyt (1611), and Frans Floris (1519). After him are Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Michiel Coxie (1499), Peter Snayers (1592), Stradanus (1523), Frans Francken the Younger (1581), and Jan Provoost (1465).