PAINTER

Leonaert Bramer

1596 - 1674

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Leonaert Bramer, also Leendert or Leonard (24 December 1596 – before 10 February 1674 (date of burial)), was a Dutch painter known primarily for genre, religious, and history paintings. Very prolific as a painter and draftsman, he is noted especially for nocturnal scenes which show a penchant for exotic details of costume and setting. He also painted frescos—a rarity north of the Alps—which have not survived, as well as murals on canvas, few of which are extant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonaert Bramer has received more than 55,038 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonaert Bramer is the 857th most popular painter (up from 1,008th in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 413th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Leonaert Bramer ranks 857 out of 2,023Before her are Wols, Hercules Seghers, Luca Cambiaso, Antonio de Pereda, Zurab Tsereteli, and Isaak Brodsky. After her are Cigoli, Prospero Fontana, Wilhelm Marstrand, Thomas Rowlandson, Peder Mørk Mønsted, and Hans Gude.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Leonaert Bramer ranks 19Before her are Joan Blaeu, Jacob van Campen, Constantijn Huygens, Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, Andreas Cellarius, and Jean Bolland. After her are Ebba Brahe, Thomas de Keyser, Heinrich Scheidemann, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Bertuccio Valier. Among people deceased in 1674, Leonaert Bramer ranks 11Before her are Giacomo Carissimi, Jan Lievens, Jean Chapelain, Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, John Graunt, and Hallgrímur Pétursson. After her are Karel Škréta, Mehmed IV Giray, Hu Zhengyan, Ebba Brahe, Matthias Weckmann, and Johannes Lingelbach.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Leonaert Bramer ranks 353 out of 1,646Before her are Gemma Frisius (1508), Titus Brandsma (1881), Tom Okker (1944), Isaac Israëls (1865), Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969), and Hercules Seghers (1589). After her are Dirk Kuyt (1980), John de Mol Jr. (1955), Jacob Cats (1577), Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), Rafael van der Vaart (1983), and Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923).

Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Leonaert Bramer ranks 78Before her are Emanuel de Witte (1617), Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633), Esaias van de Velde (1587), Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597), Isaac Israëls (1865), and Hercules Seghers (1589). After her are Jan van Huysum (1682), Aert van der Neer (1603), Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608), Albert van Ouwater (1415), Cornelis Cort (1533), and Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (1472).