1509 - 1575
Jan Massijs or Jan Matsys (c.1510 – 8 October 1575) was a Flemish Renaissance painter known for his history paintings, genre scenes and landscapes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Matsys has received more than 46,723 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jan Matsys is the 512th most popular painter (down from 504th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 181st in 2019) and the 30th most popular Belgian Painter.
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Among painters, Jan Matsys ranks 512 out of 1,421. Before him are Ivan Bilibin, Elisabetta Sirani, Alessandro Magnasco, Bernard Buffet, Françoise Gilot, and Paris Bordone. After him are Giuseppe Crespi, Hannah Höch, Salomon van Ruysdael, Thomas Cole, Mikhail Larionov, and Theodor Kittelsen.
1876 - 1942
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 506
1638 - 1665
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 507
1667 - 1749
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 508
1928 - 1999
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 509
1921 - 2023
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 510
1500 - 1570
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 511
1509 - 1575
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 512
1665 - 1747
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 513
1889 - 1978
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 514
1602 - 1670
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 515
1801 - 1848
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 516
1881 - 1964
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 517
1857 - 1914
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 518
Among people born in 1509, Jan Matsys ranks 8. Before him are Michael Servetus, Şah Sultan, Daniele da Volterra, Fernão Mendes Pinto, John of Leiden, and Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. After him are Bernardino Telesio, Ippolito II d'Este, Étienne Dolet, Luis de Morales, Leone Leoni, and Melchor Cano. Among people deceased in 1575, Jan Matsys ranks 7. Before him are Pieter Aertsen, Claude of France, Antonis Mor, Heinrich Bullinger, Matthias Flacius, and Joseph Karo. After him are Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Francesco Maurolico, Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Corneille de Lyon, Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern, and Marcin Bielski.
1509 - 1553
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 2
1509 - 1572
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 3
1509 - 1566
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 4
1509 - 1583
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 5
1509 - 1536
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 6
1509 - 1579
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 7
1509 - 1575
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 8
1509 - 1588
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 9
1509 - 1572
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 10
1509 - 1546
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 11
1509 - 1586
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 12
1509 - 1590
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 13
1509 - 1560
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 14
1508 - 1575
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 1
1547 - 1575
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 2
1519 - 1575
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 3
1504 - 1575
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 4
1520 - 1575
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 5
1488 - 1575
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 6
1509 - 1575
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 7
1514 - 1575
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 8
1494 - 1575
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 9
1522 - 1575
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 10
1500 - 1575
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 11
1537 - 1575
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 12
1495 - 1575
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 13
Among people born in Belgium, Jan Matsys ranks 177 out of 1,019. Before him are Paul Van Himst (1943), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Catharina van Hemessen (1528), and Eric Gerets (1954). After him are Godfried Danneels (1933), Constantin Meunier (1831), Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422), Clara Peeters (1594), Raymond Goethals (1921), and Paul Otlet (1868).
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 171
1759 - 1840
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 172
1859 - 1869
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 173
1855 - 1898
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 174
1528 - 1600
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 175
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 176
1509 - 1575
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 177
1933 - 2019
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 178
1831 - 1905
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 179
1422 - 1472
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 180
1594 - 1657
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 181
1921 - 2004
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 182
1868 - 1944
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 183
Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Matsys ranks 30. Before him are Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Bernard van Orley (1487), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), and Catharina van Hemessen (1528). After him are Constantin Meunier (1831), Clara Peeters (1594), Roelant Savery (1576), Melchior Broederlam (1355), Théo van Rysselberghe (1862), and Pierre Alechinsky (1927).
1502 - 1550
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 24
1858 - 1921
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 25
1546 - 1611
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 26
1487 - 1541
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 27
1759 - 1840
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 28
1528 - 1600
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 29
1509 - 1575
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 30
1831 - 1905
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 31
1594 - 1657
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 32
1576 - 1639
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 33
1355 - 1410
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 34
1862 - 1926
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 35
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 36