1556 - 1626
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 72,673 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Paul Bril is the 886th most popular painter (up from 978th in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 350th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Belgian Painter.
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Among painters, Paul Bril ranks 886 out of 1,421. Before him are Ernst Fuchs, Gillis van Coninxloo, Euphranor, Marcel Broodthaers, Francesco Filippini, and Adriaen van Utrecht. After him are Marguerite Gérard, Dmitry Levitzky, Luis Ricardo Falero, Vanessa Bell, Paul Émile Chabas, and Simon de Vlieger.
1930 - 2015
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 880
1544 - 1607
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 881
301 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 882
1924 - 1976
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 883
1853 - 1895
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 884
1599 - 1653
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 885
1556 - 1626
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 886
1761 - 1837
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 887
1735 - 1822
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 888
1851 - 1896
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 889
1879 - 1961
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 890
1869 - 1937
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 891
1601 - 1653
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 892
Among people born in 1556, Paul Bril ranks 9. Before him are Sophia Brahe, Joseph Calasanz, Otto van Veen, Adriaen de Vries, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, and Uesugi Kagekatsu. After him are Jerzy Radziwiłł, Philipp Nicolai, Isaac Oliver, and George Peele. Among people deceased in 1626, Paul Bril ranks 14. Before him are Adriaen de Vries, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Pietro Cataldi, and Théophile de Viau. After him are Marino Ghetaldi, Odoardo Farnese, Salomon de Brosse, John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Edmund Gunter, and Malik Ambar.
1556 - 1643
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 3
1556 - 1648
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 4
1556 - 1629
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 5
1556 - 1626
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 6
1556 - 1627
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 7
1556 - 1623
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 8
1556 - 1626
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 9
1556 - 1600
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 10
1556 - 1608
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 11
1556 - 1617
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 12
1556 - 1596
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 13
1556 - 1626
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 8
1577 - 1626
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 9
1599 - 1626
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 10
1587 - 1626
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 11
1552 - 1626
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 12
1590 - 1626
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 13
1556 - 1626
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 14
1568 - 1626
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 15
1573 - 1626
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 16
1571 - 1626
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 17
1594 - 1626
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 18
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 19
1548 - 1626
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 20
Among people born in Belgium, Paul Bril ranks 318 out of 1,019. Before him are Violetta Villas (1938), Hendrik Conscience (1812), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Marcel Broodthaers (1924), Philippe de Monte (1521), and Adriaen van Utrecht (1599). After him are Lucien Van Impe (1946), Achille Van Acker (1898), Marc Wilmots (1969), Adeliza of Louvain (1103), Abraham Brueghel (1631), and Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251).
1938 - 2011
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 312
1812 - 1883
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 313
1544 - 1607
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 314
1924 - 1976
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 315
1521 - 1603
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 316
1599 - 1653
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 317
1556 - 1626
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 318
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 319
1898 - 1975
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 320
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 321
1103 - 1151
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 322
1631 - 1690
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 323
1251 - 1272
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 324
Among painters born in Belgium, Paul Bril ranks 63. Before him are Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), Jan Porcellis (1583), Frans Hogenberg (1535), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Marcel Broodthaers (1924), and Adriaen van Utrecht (1599). After him are Abraham Brueghel (1631), Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500), Stradanus (1523), Abraham Janssens (1570), Jan Wildens (1586), and Corneille Guillaume Beverloo (1922).
1630 - 1675
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 57
1583 - 1632
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 58
1535 - 1590
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 59
1544 - 1607
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 60
1924 - 1976
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 61
1599 - 1653
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 62
1556 - 1626
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 63
1631 - 1690
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 64
1500 - 1566
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 65
1523 - 1605
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 66
1570 - 1632
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 67
1586 - 1653
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 68
1922 - 2010
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 69