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Jan van Scorel

1495 - 1562

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Jan van Scorel (1 August 1495 – 6 December 1562) was a Dutch painter, who played a leading role in introducing aspects of Italian Renaissance painting into Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting. He was one of the early painters of the Romanist style who had spent a number of years in Italy, where he thoroughly absorbed the Italian style of painting. His trip to Italy coincided with the brief reign of the only Dutch pope in history, Adrian VI in 1522–23. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan van Scorel has received more than 79,007 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jan van Scorel is the 486th most popular painter (down from 462nd in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 177th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Dutch Painter.

Jan van Scorel was a Dutch painter and printmaker who is most famous for his religious paintings.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan van Scorel ranks 486 out of 2,023. Before him are Frits Thaulow, Alesso Baldovinetti, Mattia Preti, Hugo Simberg, Giuseppe Cesari, and Rachel Ruysch. After him are Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Eugène Atget, Paloma Picasso, Roelant Savery, Moïse Kisling, and Tsuguharu Foujita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1495, Jan van Scorel ranks 7. Before him are Cuauhtémoc, Francesco II Sforza, John of God, Petrus Apianus, Enrique of Malacca, and Clément Marot. After him are Barbara Zápolya, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Giampietrino, Nicolas Gombert, Luigi Alamanni, and Melchior Hoffman. Among people deceased in 1562, Jan van Scorel ranks 8. Before him are Adrian Willaert, Eleanor of Toledo, Lütfi Pasha, Gabriele Falloppio, Götz von Berlichingen, and Peter of Alcantara. After him are Francesco de' Rossi, Christoph Amberger, Claudin de Sermisy, Giovanni de' Medici, François de Tournon, and Virgil Solis.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan van Scorel ranks 198 out of 1,646. Before him are Balthasar van der Ast (1593), Willem de Sitter (1872), Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), Wesley Sneijder (1984), Johann Adam Reincken (1643), and Rachel Ruysch (1664). After him are Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606), Jan Janszoon (1570), Willem Drees (1886), Gustav Leonhardt (1928), Guido van Rossum (1956), and Philips Wouwerman (1619).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Jan van Scorel ranks 46. Before him are Karel Appel (1921), Pieter Lastman (1583), Jan Lievens (1607), Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588), Balthasar van der Ast (1593), and Rachel Ruysch (1664). After him are Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606), Philips Wouwerman (1619), Johan Jongkind (1819), Antonis Mor (1519), Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627), and Willem van Aelst (1627).

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