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Otto van Veen

1556 - 1629

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Otto van Veen, also known by his Latinized names Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius (1556 – 6 May 1629), was a painter, draughtsman, and humanist active primarily in Antwerp and Brussels in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He is known for his paintings of religious and mythological scenes, allegories and portraits, which he produced in his large workshop in Antwerp. He further designed several emblem books, and was from 1594 or 1595 to 1598 the teacher of Rubens. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto van Veen has received more than 99,029 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Otto van Veen is the 626th most popular painter (down from 601st in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 235th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Otto van Veen ranks 626 out of 2,023Before him are Pierre Soulages, Carl Andre, Nicolas de Staël, Tom Wesselmann, Ambrosius Bosschaert, and Jean-Baptiste Isabey. After him are Domenico Fetti, John Frederick Kensett, Francisco Pacheco, Nicolaes Maes, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, and Palma il Giovane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1556, Otto van Veen ranks 6Before him are Carlo Maderno, Anne Hathaway, Sophia Brahe, Joseph Calasanz, and Adriaen de Vries. After him are Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Jerzy Radziwiłł, Tōdō Takatora, Paul Bril, and Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn. Among people deceased in 1629, Otto van Veen ranks 7Before him are Abbas the Great, Carlo Maderno, Gabriel Bethlen, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Hendrick ter Brugghen, and Piet Pieterszoon Hein. After him are Pietro Bernini, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Giorgi Saakadze, Mehmed III Giray, Sigismondo d'India, and Jacob de Gheyn II.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Otto van Veen ranks 260 out of 1,646Before him are Aletta Jacobs (1854), C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), Willem Blaeu (1571), Maarten Tromp (1598), Willem van Hanegem (1944), and Carel Struycken (1948). After him are Nicolaes Maes (1634), Danny Blind (1961), Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856), Dick Bruna (1927), Mark van Bommel (1977), and Jacob van Campen (1596).

Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Otto van Veen ranks 59Before him are Cornelis van Haarlem (1562), Dirck van Baburen (1595), Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1460), Willem Kalf (1619), Salomon van Ruysdael (1602), and Jozef Israëls (1824). After him are Nicolaes Maes (1634), Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), Pieter van Laer (1599), Arnold Houbraken (1660), Jan Mandijn (1500), and Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1622).