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Jan Provoost

1465 - 1529

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Jan Provoost, or Jean Provost, or Jan Provost (1462/65 – January 1529) was a Belgian painter born in Mons. Provost was a prolific master who left his early workshop in Valenciennes to run two workshops, one in Bruges, where he was made a burgher in 1494, the other simultaneously in Antwerp, which was the economic centre of the Low Countries. Provost was also a cartographer, engineer, and architect. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Provoost has received more than 50,810 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jan Provoost is the 879th most popular painter (down from 817th in 2019), the 319th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 289th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan Provoost ranks 879 out of 2,023. Before him are François-Xavier Fabre, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Helen Frankenthaler, Eustache Le Sueur, and Aert van der Neer. After him are Joseph Anton Koch, Abraham Bosse, Beatrice Wood, Denis Calvaert, Maerten de Vos, and Jacob Adriaensz Backer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1465, Jan Provoost ranks 13. Before him are Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Gil Vicente, Agostino Chigi, Paulo da Gama, Bramantino, and Konrad Peutinger. After him are Shō Shin, Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Johann von Staupitz, Philotheus of Pskov, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, and Beatriz Galindo. Among people deceased in 1529, Jan Provoost ranks 5. Before him are Baldassare Castiglione, La Malinche, Wang Yangming, and Andrea Sansovino. After him are Juan del Encina, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, and John Skelton.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Provoost ranks 319 out of 1,190. Before him are Frans Francken the Younger (1581), Henry of Ghent (1217), Odile Defraye (1888), Prince Baudouin of Belgium (1869), Marc Wilmots (1969), and J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856). After him are Denis Calvaert (1540), Maerten de Vos (1532), Bernard Voorhoof (1910), Leo Joseph Suenens (1904), Joos de Momper (1564), and George Sarton (1884).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Provoost ranks 57. Before him are Abraham Janssens (1570), Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Michiel Coxie (1499), Peter Snayers (1592), Stradanus (1523), and Frans Francken the Younger (1581). After him are Denis Calvaert (1540), Maerten de Vos (1532), Joos de Momper (1564), Justus Sustermans (1597), Eugène Boch (1855), and Paul Bril (1556).

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