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Jan Fyt

1611 - 1661

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Jan Fijt, Jan Fijt or Johannes Fijt (or Fyt) (19 August 1609 – 11 September 1661) was a Flemish Baroque painter, draughtsman and etcher. One of the leading still life and animaliers of the 17th century, he was known for his refined flower and fruit still lives, depictions of animals, garland painting and lush hunting pieces, and combinations of these subgenres, such as game, flowers and fish under a festoon of flowers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Fyt has received more than 56,416 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jan Fyt is the 800th most popular painter (down from 680th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 232nd in 2019) and the 49th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan Fyt ranks 800 out of 2,023. Before him are Esaias van de Velde, Cindy Sherman, Liang Kai, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Heinrich Aldegrever, and Andrea Appiani. After him are Wen Zhengming, Jan Kupecký, Alvise Vivarini, Dorothea Tanning, Jacques Villon, and Philip de László.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, Jan Fyt ranks 11. Before him are Johannes Hevelius, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Safi of Persia, Marie Louise Gonzaga, Cecilia Renata of Austria, and Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Antonio de Pereda, Carlo Rainaldi, Magdalene of Nagasaki, James Harrington, Henry Ireton, and Willem van de Velde the Elder. Among people deceased in 1661, Jan Fyt ranks 11. Before him are Vasile Lupu, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Zheng Zhilong, Andrea Sacchi, and Louis Couperin. After him are Teimuraz I of Kakheti, Martino Martini, Pieter de Molijn, Guru Har Rai, Pyotr Beketov, and Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Fyt ranks 286 out of 1,190. Before him are Antoinette de Mérode (1828), Max Verstappen (1997), Henri Debehogne (1928), Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833), Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322), and Godfried Danneels (1933). After him are Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), Alexander De Croo (1975), Philippe Herreweghe (1947), Achille Van Acker (1898), Frans Floris (1519), and Abraham Janssens (1570).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Fyt ranks 49. Before him are Herri met de Bles (1480), Frans Masereel (1889), Antoine Wiertz (1806), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632), and Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569). After him are Frans Floris (1519), Abraham Janssens (1570), Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Michiel Coxie (1499), Peter Snayers (1592), and Stradanus (1523).

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