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Hans von Aachen

1552 - 1615

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Hans von Aachen (1552 – 4 March 1615) was a German painter who was one of the leading representatives of Northern Mannerism. Hans von Aachen was a versatile and productive artist who worked in many genres. He was successful as a painter of princely and aristocratic portraits, and further painted religious, mythological and allegorical subjects. Known for his skill in the depiction of nudes, his eroticized mythological scenes were particularly enjoyed by his principal patron, Emperor Rudolf II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans von Aachen has received more than 146,980 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Hans von Aachen is the 244th most popular painter (up from 278th in 2019), the 643rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 687th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Painter.

Hans von Aachen is most famous for his invention of the mechanical clock.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hans von Aachen ranks 244 out of 1,421. Before him are František Kupka, Peder Severin Krøyer, Franz Stuck, Pietro Lorenzetti, Chaim Soutine, and Gerard David. After him are Willem de Kooning, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Hilma af Klint, Sebastiano del Piombo, Kees van Dongen, and Francesco Guardi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1552, Hans von Aachen ranks 8. Before him are Boris Godunov, Pope Paul V, Vasili IV of Russia, Matteo Ricci, Seonjo of Joseon, and Lavinia Fontana. After him are Henri, Prince of Condé, Jost Bürgi, Edmund Spenser, Petrus Plancius, Agrippa d'Aubigné, and Dom Justo Takayama. Among people deceased in 1615, Hans von Aachen ranks 2. Before him is Margaret of Valois. After him are Toyotomi Hideyori, Sanada Yukimura, Giambattista della Porta, Heo Jun, Dom Justo Takayama, Virginia de' Medici, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Claudio Acquaviva, and Pieter Both.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans von Aachen ranks 643 out of 6,142. Before him are Rudolf Otto (1869), Frederick Trump (1869), Otto Rehhagel (1938), Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629), Karl Wolff (1900), and Jürgen Klopp (1967). After him are Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673), Till Lindemann (1963), Ernst Mayr (1904), Elsa Einstein (1876), Johann Reuchlin (1455), and Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Hans von Aachen ranks 18. Before him are Gerhard Richter (1932), Emil Nolde (1867), Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), Hans Baldung (1484), George Grosz (1893), and Franz Stuck (1863). After him are August Macke (1887), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Max Beckmann (1884), Anselm Kiefer (1945), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), and Hendrik Goltzius (1558).

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