1498 - 1574
Maarten van Heemskerck or Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen (1 June 1498 – 1 October 1574) 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 225,278 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Maarten van Heemskerck is the 347th most popular painter (up from 388th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 144th in 2019) and the 32nd 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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Among painters, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 347 out of 1,421. Before him are Bernardino Luini, Yves Tanguy, Pierre Mignard, Jean-Joseph Sanfourche, Eva Gonzalès, and Federico Barocci. After him are Adriaen Brouwer, Nicolai Abildgaard, Giuseppe Castiglione, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Lovis Corinth, and Koloman Moser.
1475 - 1532
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 341
1900 - 1955
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 342
1612 - 1695
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 343
1929 - 2010
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 344
1849 - 1883
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 345
1535 - 1612
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 346
1498 - 1574
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 347
1605 - 1638
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 348
1743 - 1809
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 349
1688 - 1766
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 350
1842 - 1910
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 351
1858 - 1925
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 352
1868 - 1918
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 353
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, Andrés de Urdaneta, Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, Sophie of Pomerania, Giulio Clovio, Andreas Osiander, 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, Renée of France, Bartolomeo Eustachi, and Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry. After him are Ebussuud Efendi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Louis of Nassau, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, and Guru Amar Das.
1498 - 1558
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 1
1498 - 1552
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 2
1498 - 1546
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 3
1498 - 1526
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 4
1498 - 1574
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 5
1498 - 1500
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 6
1498 - 1568
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 7
1498 - 1519
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 8
1498 - 1568
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 9
1498 - 1578
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 10
1498 - 1552
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 11
1498 - 1554
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 12
1511 - 1574
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 2
1550 - 1574
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 3
1519 - 1574
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 4
1510 - 1574
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 5
1500 - 1574
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 6
1523 - 1574
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 7
1498 - 1574
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 8
1490 - 1574
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 9
1514 - 1574
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 10
1524 - 1574
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 11
1538 - 1574
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 12
1514 - 1574
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 13
1479 - 1574
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 14
Among people born in Netherlands, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 133 out of 1,427. Before him are Martinus Beijerinck (1851), Mark Rutte (1967), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Bertha of Holland (1055), Bert van Marwijk (1952), and Claus Sluter (1340). After him are Wim Duisenberg (1935), Wim Jansen (1946), Harry Mulisch (1927), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), Jeroen Krabbé (1944), and Willem Schouten (1567).
1851 - 1931
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 127
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 128
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 129
1055 - 1093
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 130
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 131
1340 - 1406
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 132
1498 - 1574
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 133
1935 - 2005
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 134
1946 - 2022
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 135
1927 - 2010
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 136
1727 - 1817
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 137
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 138
1567 - 1625
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 139
Among painters born in Netherlands, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 32. Before him are Adriaen van Ostade (1610), Pieter Aertsen (1508), Paulus Potter (1625), Gabriël Metsu (1629), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), and Meindert Hobbema (1638). After him are Ferdinand Bol (1616), Abraham Bloemaert (1566), Antonis Mor (1519), Ary Scheffer (1795), Willem van Aelst (1627), and Aelbert Cuyp (1620).
1610 - 1685
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 26
1508 - 1575
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 27
1625 - 1654
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 28
1629 - 1667
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 29
1594 - 1680
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 30
1638 - 1709
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 31
1498 - 1574
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 32
1616 - 1680
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 33
1566 - 1651
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 34
1519 - 1575
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 35
1795 - 1858
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 36
1627 - 1679
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 37
1620 - 1691
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 38