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Ambrosius Bosschaert

1573 - 1621

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Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (18 January 1573 – 1621) was a Flemish-born Dutch still life painter and art dealer. He is recognised as one of the earliest painters who created floral still lifes as an independent genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ambrosius Bosschaert has received more than 143,478 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ambrosius Bosschaert is the 624th most popular painter (down from 606th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 206th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ambrosius Bosschaert ranks 624 out of 2,023. Before him are Melchior Broederlam, Wifredo Lam, Pierre Soulages, Carl Andre, Nicolas de Staël, and Tom Wesselmann. After him are Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Otto van Veen, Domenico Fetti, John Frederick Kensett, Francisco Pacheco, and Nicolaes Maes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1573, Ambrosius Bosschaert ranks 8. Before him are William Laud, Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Simon Marius, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, and Inigo Jones. After him are Ukita Hideie, Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, and Giovanni Battista Crespi. Among people deceased in 1621, Ambrosius Bosschaert ranks 15. Before him are Şehzade Mehmed, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Cristofano Allori, Catherine Stenbock, Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania, and Antoine de Montchrestien. After him are Johann Arndt, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, John Berchmans, Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy, and Jan Jesenius.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Ambrosius Bosschaert ranks 208 out of 1,190. Before him are Jan Ceulemans (1957), Rik Van Looy (1933), Thibaut Courtois (1992), Alexander Agricola (1446), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), and Melchior Broederlam (1355). After him are Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207), Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Théo van Rysselberghe (1862), Begga (615), and Johannes Tinctoris (1435).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Ambrosius Bosschaert ranks 38. Before him are Fernand Khnopff (1858), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Pierre Alechinsky (1927), Constantin Meunier (1831), Juan de Flandes (1450), and Melchior Broederlam (1355). After him are Théo van Rysselberghe (1862), Adriaen van Utrecht (1599), Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420), Frans Hogenberg (1535), Herri met de Bles (1480), and Frans Masereel (1889).

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