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Dirck Hals

1591 - 1656

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Dirck Hals (19 March 1591 – 17 May 1656), born at Haarlem, was a Dutch Golden Age painter of merry company scenes, festivals and ballroom scenes. He played a role in the development of these types of genre painting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dirck Hals has received more than 51,016 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Dirck Hals is the 944th most popular painter (up from 1,051st in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 439th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Dirck Hals ranks 944 out of 2,023. Before him are Sin Yun-bok, Nicolae Grigorescu, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Tommaso da Modena, Master Francke, and Hendrick van Balen the Elder. After him are Hans Thoma, Ibn al-Bawwab, Simon de Vlieger, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., and Grandma Moses.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1591, Dirck Hals ranks 16. Before him are Isabella of Savoy, Stanisław Koniecpolski, Andrew Bobola, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, Olimpia Maidalchini, and Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Friedrich Spee, Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, Johann von Werth, George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Anne Hutchinson, and Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex. Among people deceased in 1656, Dirck Hals ranks 10. Before him are Jan van Goyen, John George I, Elector of Saxony, Ottavio Piccolomini, Francisco Herrera the Elder, Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, and Andrea Falconieri. After him are Thomas Fincke, Laurent de La Hyre, Massimo Stanzione, Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Carlo Contarini, and Francesco Cornaro.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dirck Hals ranks 394 out of 1,646. Before him are Gottfried van Swieten (1733), Sjaak Swart (1938), Abraham van Beijeren (1620), Pierre Kartner (1935), Arend Lijphart (1936), and Pieter Post (1608). After him are Faas Wilkes (1923), Simon de Vlieger (1601), Cornelis Engebrechtsz. (1468), Theo de Jong (1947), Joseph Luns (1911), and Allaert van Everdingen (1621).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Dirck Hals ranks 87. Before him are Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608), Albert van Ouwater (1415), Cornelis Cort (1533), Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (1472), Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636), and Abraham van Beijeren (1620). After him are Simon de Vlieger (1601), Cornelis Engebrechtsz. (1468), Allaert van Everdingen (1621), Paulus Moreelse (1571), Philip de Koninck (1619), and Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635).

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