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Hendrick van Balen the Elder

1570 - 1632

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Hendrick van Balen or Hendrick van Balen I (c. 1573–1575 in Antwerp – 17 July 1632 in Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque painter and stained glass designer. Hendrick van Balen specialised in small cabinet pictures often painted on a copper support. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hendrick van Balen the Elder has received more than 16,653 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hendrick van Balen the Elder is the 943rd most popular painter (down from 774th in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 66th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hendrick van Balen the Elder ranks 943 out of 2,023. Before him are Perino del Vaga, Sin Yun-bok, Nicolae Grigorescu, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Tommaso da Modena, and Master Francke. After him are Dirck Hals, Hans Thoma, Ibn al-Bawwab, Simon de Vlieger, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, and Cornelis Engebrechtsz..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1570, Hendrick van Balen the Elder ranks 11. Before him are Jan Janszoon, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Kara Davud Pasha, Giorgi Saakadze, Alessandro Salvio, and Abraham Janssens. After him are Péter Pázmány, John Smyth, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Salamone Rossi, Philip, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Melchior Vulpius. Among people deceased in 1632, Hendrick van Balen the Elder ranks 22. Before him are Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, Abraham Janssens, Anna of Cleves, Albert Girard, Jan Porcellis, and Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency. After him are Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Giovanni Battista Crespi, Philippe van Lansberge, David Vinckboons, and Susenyos I.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Hendrick van Balen the Elder ranks 339 out of 1,190. Before him are Emile Claus (1849), John I, Count of Hainaut (1218), Jan Porcellis (1583), Richilde, Countess of Hainaut (1100), Jean-Marc Bosman (1964), and Franky Van der Elst (1961). After him are Paul van Zeeland (1893), Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), Camille Jenatzy (1868), Paul Janssen (1926), Hugo Broos (1952), and Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Hendrick van Balen the Elder ranks 66. Before him are Joos de Momper (1564), Justus Sustermans (1597), Eugène Boch (1855), Paul Bril (1556), Emile Claus (1849), and Jan Porcellis (1583). After him are Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500), David Teniers the Elder (1582), Gaspar de Crayer (1584), Marcel Broodthaers (1924), and Lucas van Valckenborch (1535).

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