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Melchior Broederlam

1355 - 1410

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Melchior Broederlam (born Ypres, perhaps c. 1350; died Ypres?, after 1409) was one of the earliest Early Netherlandish painters to whom surviving works can be confidently attributed. He worked mostly for Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and is documented from 1381 to 1409. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melchior Broederlam has received more than 66,310 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Melchior Broederlam is the 618th most popular painter (down from 568th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 188th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Melchior Broederlam ranks 618 out of 2,023. Before him are Frank Stella, Francesco Francia, Leonid Pasternak, Vlaho Bukovac, Wenceslaus Hollar, and Christian Boltanski. After him are Wifredo Lam, Pierre Soulages, Carl Andre, Nicolas de Staël, Tom Wesselmann, and Ambrosius Bosschaert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1355, Melchior Broederlam ranks 6. Before him are Mircea I of Wallachia, Gemistus Pletho, Gülçiçek Hatun, Konstantin Dejanović, and Manuel Chrysoloras. After him are Konrad von Jungingen, Dorothea of Bulgaria, Theodore I Palaiologos, Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York, Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester. Among people deceased in 1410, Melchior Broederlam ranks 8. Before him are Antipope Alexander V, Martin of Aragon, Ulrich von Jungingen, Theophanes the Greek, Hasdai Crescas, and Louis II, Duke of Bourbon. After him are Joanna Sophia of Bavaria, Yawar Waqaq, Spinello Aretino, John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, and Bartolo di Fredi.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Melchior Broederlam ranks 207 out of 1,190. Before him are Raymond Goethals (1921), Jan Ceulemans (1957), Rik Van Looy (1933), Thibaut Courtois (1992), Alexander Agricola (1446), and Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338). After him are Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573), Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207), Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Théo van Rysselberghe (1862), and Begga (615).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Melchior Broederlam ranks 37. Before him are Justus van Gent (1430), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Pierre Alechinsky (1927), Constantin Meunier (1831), and Juan de Flandes (1450). After him are Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573), Théo van Rysselberghe (1862), Adriaen van Utrecht (1599), Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420), Frans Hogenberg (1535), and Herri met de Bles (1480).

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