1618 - 1664
Michiel Sweerts or Michael Sweerts (29 September 1618 – 1 June 1664) was a Flemish painter and printmaker of the Baroque period, who is known for his allegorical and genre paintings, portraits and tronies. The artist led an itinerant life and worked in Rome, Brussels, Amsterdam, Persia and India (Goa). While in Rome Sweerts became linked to the group of Dutch and Flemish painters of low-life scenes known as the Bamboccianti. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michiel Sweerts has received more than 88,594 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michiel Sweerts is the 1,175th most popular painter (down from 1,055th in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 385th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Belgian Painter.
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Among painters, Michiel Sweerts ranks 1,175 out of 1,421. Before him are Otto Muehl, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, Jeff Wall, Alberto Burri, Giacomo Ceruti, and Giovanni Santi. After him are Iaia, Hans Erni, Boris Yefimov, Mikoláš Aleš, Paul Ranson, and Hiroshi Yoshida.
1925 - 2013
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 1,169
1856 - 1942
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 1,170
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 1,171
1915 - 1995
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 1,172
1698 - 1767
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 1,173
1435 - 1494
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 1,174
1618 - 1664
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 1,175
100 BC - Present
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 1,176
1909 - 2015
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 1,177
1900 - 2008
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 1,178
1852 - 1913
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 1,179
1861 - 1909
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 1,180
1876 - 1950
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 1,181
Among people born in 1618, Michiel Sweerts ranks 11. Before him are Hishikawa Moronobu, François Pierre La Varenne, François Blondel, Jan Dirksz Both, Juraj Križanić, and Peter Lely. After him are Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, Ferrante III Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla, Vittoria Farnese, and Abraham Cowley. Among people deceased in 1664, Michiel Sweerts ranks 13. Before him are Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, Henry II, Duke of Guise, Maria Cunitz, William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Élisabeth de Bourbon, and Salomon de Bray. After him are Jan Janssonius, Guru Har Krishan, and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau.
1618 - 1694
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 5
1618 - 1678
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 6
1618 - 1686
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 7
1618 - 1652
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 8
1618 - 1683
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 9
1618 - 1680
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 10
1618 - 1664
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 11
1618 - 1693
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 12
1618 - 1645
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 13
1618 - 1699
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 14
1618 - 1678
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 15
1618 - 1649
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 16
1618 - 1667
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 17
1648 - 1664
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 7
1614 - 1664
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 8
1610 - 1664
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 9
1613 - 1664
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 10
1614 - 1664
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 11
1597 - 1664
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 12
1618 - 1664
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 13
1588 - 1664
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 14
1656 - 1664
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 15
1602 - 1664
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 16
Among people born in Belgium, Michiel Sweerts ranks 414 out of 1,019. Before him are Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau (1578), Joseph Lebeau (1794), Joseph Poelaert (1817), Gustaaf Wappers (1803), Bobbejaan Schoepen (1925), and André Delvaux (1926). After him are Giaches de Wert (1535), Cécile de France (1975), Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), Sophie Wilmès (1975), Raymond Braine (1907), and Didier Reynders (1958).
1578 - 1648
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 408
1794 - 1865
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 409
1817 - 1879
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 410
1803 - 1874
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 411
1925 - 2010
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 412
1926 - 2002
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 413
1618 - 1664
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 414
1535 - 1596
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 415
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 416
1823 - 1881
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 417
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 418
1907 - 1978
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 419
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 420
Among painters born in Belgium, Michiel Sweerts ranks 75. Before him are Corneille Guillaume Beverloo (1922), Joachim Beuckelaer (1533), Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662), Justus Sustermans (1597), Eugène Boch (1855), and Gustaaf Wappers (1803). After him are Simon Bening (1483), Gerard de Lairesse (1640), Constant Permeke (1886), Hieronymus Cock (1518), Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626), and Adam van Noort (1562).
1922 - 2010
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 69
1533 - 1573
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 70
1662 - 1749
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 71
1597 - 1681
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 72
1855 - 1941
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 73
1803 - 1874
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 74
1618 - 1664
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 75
1483 - 1561
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 76
1640 - 1711
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 77
1886 - 1952
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 78
1518 - 1570
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 79
1626 - 1679
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 80
1562 - 1641
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 81