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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 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

Among painters, Jan Provoost ranks 818 out of 1,421Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1465, Jan Provoost ranks 12Before 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 6Before 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.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Provoost ranks 289 out of 1,019Before 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).

Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Provoost ranks 54Before 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).