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Maarten van Heemskerck

1498 - 1574

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Maarten van Heemskerck (born Maerten Jacobsz van Veen; 1 June 1498 – 1 October 1574), also known as Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen, was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adopted his teacher's Italian-influenced style. He spent the years 1532–36 in Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maarten van Heemskerck has received more than 240,171 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Maarten van Heemskerck is the 367th most popular painter (down from 346th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Dutch Painter.

Maarten van Heemskerck is most famous for his paintings of the Dutch countryside, and for his portraits of the House of Orange.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 367 out of 2,023. Before him are Stefan Lochner, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Elisabetta Sirani, Abraham Bloemaert, Balthus, and Jan Gossaert. After him are Anna Ancher, Paul Sérusier, Norman Rockwell, Willem Claesz. Heda, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, and Francesco Melzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1498, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 5. Before him are Eleanor of Austria, Katharina von Bora, Meera, and Giovanni dalle Bande Nere. After him are Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Giulio Clovio, Sophie of Pomerania, Andrés de Urdaneta, Andreas Osiander, Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, and Hieronymus Bock. Among people deceased in 1574, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 8. Before him are Giorgio Vasari, Charles IX of France, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Bartolomeo Eustachi, and Renée of France. After him are Ebussuud Efendi, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, and Guru Amar Das.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 151 out of 1,646. Before him are Gaius Julius Civilis (25), Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), René van de Kerkhof (1951), William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365), and Abraham Bloemaert (1566). After him are Ruud Lubbers (1939), Wim Kok (1938), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Antonia Brico (1902), Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), and Piet Keizer (1943).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 36. Before him are George Hendrik Breitner (1857), Gerard David (1450), Anton Mauve (1838), Ary Scheffer (1795), Meindert Hobbema (1638), and Abraham Bloemaert (1566). After him are Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Aelbert Cuyp (1620), Ferdinand Bol (1616), Karel Appel (1921), Pieter Lastman (1583), and Jan Lievens (1607).

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