1465 - 1529
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 47,343 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jan Provoost is the 818th most popular painter (up from 923rd in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 333rd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Belgian Painter.
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Among painters, Jan Provoost ranks 818 out of 1,421. Before him are Nicolae Grigorescu, Juan de Valdés Leal, Gutzon Borglum, Jan Mandijn, Marcello Bacciarelli, and Ford Madox Brown. After him are Sebastiaen Vrancx, Emil Orlík, Georges Mathieu, John Collier, Dong Yuan, and Carmen Herrera.
1838 - 1907
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 812
1622 - 1690
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 813
1867 - 1941
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 814
1500 - 1560
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 815
1731 - 1818
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 816
1821 - 1893
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 817
1465 - 1529
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 818
1573 - 1647
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 819
1870 - 1932
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 820
1921 - 2012
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 821
1850 - 1934
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 822
932 - 962
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 823
1915 - 2022
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 824
Among people born in 1465, Jan Provoost ranks 12. Before him are Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Hans Holbein the Elder, Gil Vicente, Agostino Chigi, Paulo da Gama, and Bramantino. After him are Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Shō Shin, Johann von Staupitz, Hector Boece, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, and Beatriz Galindo. Among people deceased in 1529, Jan Provoost ranks 6. Before him are La Malinche, Baldassare Castiglione, Wang Yangming, Krishnadevaraya, and Andrea Sansovino. After him are Juan del Encina, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, and John Skelton.
1465 - 1482
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 6
1465 - 1524
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 7
1465 - 1536
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 8
1465 - 1520
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 9
1465 - 1499
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 10
1465 - 1530
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 11
1465 - 1529
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 12
1465 - 1489
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 13
1465 - 1526
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 14
1465 - 1524
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 15
1465 - 1536
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 16
1465 - 1530
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 17
1465 - 1534
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 18
1502 - 1529
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 1
1478 - 1529
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 2
1472 - 1529
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 3
1471 - 1529
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 4
1467 - 1529
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 5
1465 - 1529
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 6
1468 - 1529
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 7
1500 - 1529
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 8
1460 - 1529
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 9
Among people born in Belgium, Jan Provoost ranks 289 out of 1,019. Before him are Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), William of St-Thierry (1085), Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), Thierry Boutsen (1957), and Marc Rich (1934). After him are Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Leo Joseph Suenens (1904), Henry of Ghent (1217), Denis Calvaert (1540), Prince Baudouin of Belgium (1869), and Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630).
1514 - 1575
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 283
1085 - 1148
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 284
1322 - 1406
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 285
1569 - 1622
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 286
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 287
1934 - 2013
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 288
1465 - 1529
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 289
1573 - 1647
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 290
1904 - 1996
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 291
1217 - 1293
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 292
1540 - 1619
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 293
1869 - 1891
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 294
1630 - 1675
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 295
Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Provoost ranks 54. Before him are David Teniers the Elder (1582), Joos de Momper (1564), Herri met de Bles (1480), Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1570), Peter Snayers (1592), and Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569). After him are Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Denis Calvaert (1540), Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), Jan Porcellis (1583), Frans Hogenberg (1535), and Gillis van Coninxloo (1544).
1582 - 1649
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 48
1564 - 1635
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 49
1480 - 1555
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 50
1570 - 1632
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 51
1592 - 1667
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 52
1569 - 1622
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 53
1465 - 1529
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 54
1573 - 1647
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 55
1540 - 1619
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 56
1630 - 1675
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 57
1583 - 1632
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 58
1535 - 1590
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 59
1544 - 1607
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 60