1632 - 1675
Johannes Vermeer (, Dutch: [vərˈmeːr], see below; also known as Jan Vermeer; October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Vermeer has received more than 5,186,691 page views. His biography is available in 101 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 98 in 2019). Johannes Vermeer is the 9th most popular painter (up from 13th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Netherlands and the 3rd most popular Dutch Painter.
Johannes Vermeer is most famous for his paintings of domestic scenes, such as "Girl with a Pearl Earring."
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Among painters, Johannes Vermeer ranks 9 out of 1,421. Before him are Pablo Picasso, Raphael, Rembrandt, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, and Claude Monet. After him are Peter Paul Rubens, Albrecht Dürer, Edvard Munch, Caravaggio, Francisco Goya, and Sandro Botticelli.
1881 - 1973
HPI: 89.14
Rank: 3
1483 - 1520
HPI: 88.70
Rank: 4
1606 - 1669
HPI: 88.23
Rank: 5
1907 - 1954
HPI: 86.54
Rank: 6
1904 - 1989
HPI: 85.77
Rank: 7
1840 - 1926
HPI: 85.77
Rank: 8
1632 - 1675
HPI: 85.26
Rank: 9
1577 - 1640
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 10
1471 - 1528
HPI: 85.05
Rank: 11
1863 - 1944
HPI: 84.64
Rank: 12
1571 - 1610
HPI: 84.46
Rank: 13
1746 - 1828
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 14
1445 - 1510
HPI: 83.90
Rank: 15
Among people born in 1632, Johannes Vermeer ranks 2. Before him is John Locke. After him are Baruch Spinoza, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Samuel von Pufendorf, Christopher Wren, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Jean Mabillon, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, Michael I Apafi, and Adam Frans van der Meulen. Among people deceased in 1675, Johannes Vermeer ranks 1. After him are Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Gerrit Dou, Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, James Gregory, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, Guru Tegh Bahadur, Thomas Willis, Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, Gilles de Roberval, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, and Leopoldo de' Medici.
1632 - 1704
HPI: 88.31
Rank: 1
1632 - 1675
HPI: 85.26
Rank: 2
1632 - 1677
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 3
1632 - 1723
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 4
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 5
1632 - 1694
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 6
1632 - 1723
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 7
1632 - 1649
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 8
1632 - 1707
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 9
1632 - 1638
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 10
1632 - 1690
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 11
1632 - 1690
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 12
1632 - 1675
HPI: 85.26
Rank: 1
1611 - 1675
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 2
1613 - 1675
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3
1634 - 1675
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 4
1638 - 1675
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 5
1601 - 1675
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 6
1621 - 1675
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 7
1621 - 1675
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 8
1604 - 1675
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 9
1602 - 1675
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 10
1602 - 1675
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 11
1617 - 1675
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 12
Among people born in Netherlands, Johannes Vermeer ranks 3 out of 1,427. Before him are Vincent van Gogh (1853) and Rembrandt (1606). After him are Erasmus (1466), Baruch Spinoza (1632), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Piet Mondrian (1872), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), Johan Cruyff (1947), Christiaan Huygens (1629), and Hugo Grotius (1583).
1853 - 1890
HPI: 90.02
Rank: 1
1606 - 1669
HPI: 88.23
Rank: 2
1632 - 1675
HPI: 85.26
Rank: 3
1466 - 1536
HPI: 83.50
Rank: 4
1632 - 1677
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 5
1525 - 1569
HPI: 81.00
Rank: 6
1872 - 1944
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 7
1450 - 1516
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 8
1632 - 1723
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 9
1947 - 2016
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 10
1629 - 1695
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 11
1583 - 1645
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 12
Among painters born in Netherlands, Johannes Vermeer ranks 3. Before him are Vincent van Gogh (1853) and Rembrandt (1606). After him are Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Piet Mondrian (1872), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Jan Steen (1626), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628), Han van Meegeren (1889), Pieter de Hooch (1629), Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), and Theo van Gogh (1857).
1853 - 1890
HPI: 90.02
Rank: 1
1606 - 1669
HPI: 88.23
Rank: 2
1632 - 1675
HPI: 85.26
Rank: 3
1525 - 1569
HPI: 81.00
Rank: 4
1872 - 1944
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 5
1450 - 1516
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 6
1626 - 1679
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 7
1628 - 1682
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 8
1889 - 1947
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 9
1629 - 1684
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 10
1612 - 1642
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 11
1857 - 1891
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 12