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Melchior d'Hondecoeter

1636 - 1695

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Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈɦɔndəˌkutər]; c. 1636 – 3 April 1695), Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam. After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects, usually exotic or game, in park-like landscapes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melchior d'Hondecoeter has received more than 70,952 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Melchior d'Hondecoeter is the 952nd most popular painter (down from 936th in 2019), the 389th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 374th in 2019) and the 86th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Melchior d'Hondecoeter ranks 952 out of 1,421. Before him are Marco Basaiti, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Ignacio Zuloaga, Daniel Chodowiecki, Jean Hey, and Frans van Mieris the Elder. After him are Stradanus, Henri Gervex, Thomas de Keyser, Wilhelm Leibl, Odd Nerdrum, and Isaac van Ostade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Melchior d'Hondecoeter ranks 8. Before him are Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Laura Mancini, Adriaen van de Velde, and Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. After him are Edward Colston, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Nikolai Spathari, Charles de La Fosse, Melchiorre Cafà, and Gregório de Matos. Among people deceased in 1695, Melchior d'Hondecoeter ranks 13. Before him are Zumbi, Pierre Mignard, Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Thomas Tew, and Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł. After him are Samuel Morland, Pierre Nicole, Huang Zongxi, Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Christoph Arnold, and Paul Hermann.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Melchior d'Hondecoeter ranks 389 out of 1,427. Before him are Arnold Houbraken (1660), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), Menno van Coehoorn (1641), Hendrick de Keyser (1565), Dirk I, Count of Holland (875), and Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635). After him are Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Petrus Camper (1722), Thomas de Keyser (1596), Johannes van den Bosch (1780), Isaac van Ostade (1621), and Bep Voskuijl (1919).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Melchior d'Hondecoeter ranks 86. Before him are Maria van Oosterwijck (1630), Adriaen van der Werff (1659), Cornelis Engebrechtsz. (1468), Arnold Houbraken (1660), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), and Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635). After him are Thomas de Keyser (1596), Isaac van Ostade (1621), Willem Drost (1633), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), Cornelis Cort (1533), and Adriaen van de Venne (1589).

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