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Frans Pourbus the Younger

1569 - 1622

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Frans Pourbus the Younger or Frans Pourbus (II) (Antwerp, 1569 – Paris, 1622) was a Flemish painter, specialised in portrait painting. He was the third generation of a prominent family of religious and portrait painters.Pourbus was a successful court painter for, successively, the Archdukes in Brussels, the Gonzaga Duke of Mantua (1600-1609), and then the French court. The majority of his work was royal portraits, many full-length, but he also painted some altarpieces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frans Pourbus the Younger has received more than 84,327 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Frans Pourbus the Younger is the 754th most popular painter (up from 802nd in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 286th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Over the past year Frans Pourbus the Younger has had the most page views in the with 12,186 views, followed by French (7,124), and Italian (2,698). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (254.62%), West Flemish (51.41%), and Catalan (44.90%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frans Pourbus the Younger ranks 754 out of 2,023. Before him are Juan Sánchez Cotán, Peter Lely, Julian Schnabel, Arthur Rackham, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, and Marinus van Reymerswaele. After him are Andrea Sacchi, Antonio Vivarini, Bruce Nauman, Bramantino, Roberto Ferruzzi, and Jacek Malczewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1569, Frans Pourbus the Younger ranks 8. Before him are Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases, Giambattista Marino, Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, and Yodo-dono. After him are Friedrich Kettler, Heo Gyun, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Antonio Marcello Barberini, Jan Piotr Sapieha, and Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl. Among people deceased in 1622, Frans Pourbus the Younger ranks 13. Before him are Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Cesare Ripa, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Bartolomeo Manfredi, and John Rolfe. After him are Leandro Bassano, Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland, Sophie of Brandenburg, Alof de Wignacourt, Michael Maier, and Luarsab II of Kartli.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Frans Pourbus the Younger ranks 265 out of 1,190. Before him are Michel de Ghelderode (1898), Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Pierre de Decker (1812), François-Joseph Fétis (1784), and Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514). After him are Jean Stas (1813), Lucien Van Impe (1946), Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789), Camille Huysmans (1871), Johannes Ciconia (1370), and Enzo Scifo (1966).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Frans Pourbus the Younger ranks 48. Before him are Frans Hogenberg (1535), Herri met de Bles (1480), Frans Masereel (1889), Antoine Wiertz (1806), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), and Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632). After him are Jan Fyt (1611), Frans Floris (1519), Abraham Janssens (1570), Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Michiel Coxie (1499), and Peter Snayers (1592).

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