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Frans Floris

1519 - 1570

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Frans Floris, Frans Floris the Elder or Frans Floris de Vriendt (17 April 1519 – 1 October 1570) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, print artist and tapestry designer. He is mainly known for his history paintings, allegorical scenes and portraits. He played an important role in the movement in Northern Renaissance painting referred to as Romanism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frans Floris has received more than 105,794 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Frans Floris is the 810th most popular painter (down from 676th in 2019), the 291st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 231st in 2019) and the 50th most popular Belgian Painter.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frans Floris ranks 810 out of 2,023. Before him are Dorothea Tanning, Jacques Villon, Philip de László, Kurt Westergaard, Konstantin Korovin, and Pieter Jansz. Saenredam. After him are Bada Shanren, Abraham Janssens, Ogata Kōrin, Ľudovít Fulla, Franz von Lenbach, and George Stubbs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1519, Frans Floris ranks 15. Before him are Occhiali, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Andrea Cesalpino, Antonis Mor, and Thomas Gresham. After him are Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, and Girolamo Mei. Among people deceased in 1570, Frans Floris ranks 9. Before him are Francesco Melzi, Yi Hwang, Paris Bordone, Philibert de l'Orme, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, and João de Barros. After him are Tielman Susato, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, Diego Ortiz, Pietro Loredan, Daniele Barbaro, and James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Frans Floris ranks 291 out of 1,190. Before him are Godfried Danneels (1933), Jan Fyt (1611), Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), Alexander De Croo (1975), Philippe Herreweghe (1947), and Achille Van Acker (1898). After him are Abraham Janssens (1570), John III, Duke of Brabant (1300), Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872), Patrick Sercu (1944), Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), and Jean Bolland (1596).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Frans Floris ranks 50. Before him are Frans Masereel (1889), Antoine Wiertz (1806), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), and Jan Fyt (1611). After him are Abraham Janssens (1570), Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Michiel Coxie (1499), Peter Snayers (1592), Stradanus (1523), and Frans Francken the Younger (1581).

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