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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 53,091 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jan Fyt is the 681st most popular painter (down from 674th in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 225th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan Fyt ranks 681 out of 1,421. Before him are Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Anna Chromý, Frans Floris, Eugène Carrière, Alexei Savrasov, and Juan Sánchez Cotán. After him are Karl von Piloty, Jozef Israëls, Jacob Philipp Hackert, Francesco Squarcione, Amédée Ozenfant, and Lippo Memmi.

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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 Carlo Rainaldi, Willem van de Velde the Elder, James Harrington, John Pell, Henry Ireton, and Mary Dyer. Among people deceased in 1661, Jan Fyt ranks 9. Before him are Girard Desargues, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Vasile Lupu, Andrea Sacchi, and George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Louis Couperin, Martino Martini, Zheng Zhilong, Teimuraz I of Kakheti, Guru Har Rai, and Pieter de Molijn.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Fyt ranks 232 out of 1,019. Before him are Ida of Lorraine (1040), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789), Jacob van Artevelde (1290), and Frans Floris (1519). After him are Adalard of Corbie (751), Antoinette de Mérode (1828), Wilfried Van Moer (1945), Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), and Johannes Ciconia (1370).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Fyt ranks 44. Before him are Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573), Maerten de Vos (1532), Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420), Juan de Flandes (1450), Antoine Wiertz (1806), and Frans Floris (1519). After him are Frans Masereel (1889), Michiel Coxie (1499), Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632), David Teniers the Elder (1582), Joos de Momper (1564), and Herri met de Bles (1480).

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