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Paul Bril

1556 - 1626

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Paul Bril (1554 – 7 October 1626) was a Flemish painter and printmaker principally known for his landscapes. He spent most of his active career in Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Bril has received more than 76,886 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Paul Bril is the 901st most popular painter (down from 885th in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 318th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Belgian Painter.

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  • 54.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Paul Bril ranks 901 out of 2,023. Before him are Albert van Ouwater, Pan Yuliang, Justus Sustermans, Johann Liss, Eugène Boch, and Lucia Anguissola. After him are Pieter de Molijn, Candido Portinari, Alonso Berruguete, Hans von Kulmbach, Gaspard Dughet, and Adolphe Monticelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1556, Paul Bril ranks 11. Before him are Adriaen de Vries, Otto van Veen, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Jerzy Radziwiłł, and Tōdō Takatora. After him are Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Philipp Nicolai, Isaac Oliver, and George Peele. Among people deceased in 1626, Paul Bril ranks 15. Before him are Isabella of Savoy, Wakisaka Yasuharu, Marino Ghetaldi, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Pietro Cataldi, and Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Théophile de Viau, Odoardo Farnese, John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Edmund Gunter, Salomon de Brosse, and Malik Ambar.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul Bril ranks 331 out of 1,190. Before him are George Sarton (1884), Violetta Villas (1938), Justus Sustermans (1597), Thierry Boutsen (1957), Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1217), and Eugène Boch (1855). After him are Chrodegang (715), Emile Claus (1849), John I, Count of Hainaut (1218), Jan Porcellis (1583), Richilde, Countess of Hainaut (1100), and Jean-Marc Bosman (1964).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Paul Bril ranks 63. Before him are Jan Provoost (1465), Denis Calvaert (1540), Maerten de Vos (1532), Joos de Momper (1564), Justus Sustermans (1597), and Eugène Boch (1855). After him are Emile Claus (1849), Jan Porcellis (1583), Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1570), Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500), and David Teniers the Elder (1582).

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