1618 - 1680
Sir Peter Lely (14 September 1618 – 7 December 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Lely has received more than 379,291 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Peter Lely is the 1,017th most popular painter (down from 933rd in 2019), the 2,796th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,519th in 2019) and the 91st most popular German Painter.
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Among painters, Peter Lely ranks 1,017 out of 1,421. Before him are Antoine Coypel, Anthon van Rappard, Bertha Wegmann, Nicolas Mignard, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, and Taddeo Zuccari. After him are Isaac Israëls, Édouard Detaille, Boris Vallejo, Antonio Ciseri, Beatrice Wood, and Frans Post.
1661 - 1722
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 1,011
1858 - 1892
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 1,012
1847 - 1926
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 1,013
1606 - 1668
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 1,014
1621 - 1674
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 1,015
1529 - 1566
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 1,016
1618 - 1680
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 1,017
1865 - 1934
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 1,018
1848 - 1912
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 1,019
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 1,020
1821 - 1891
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 1,021
1893 - 1998
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 1,022
1612 - 1680
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 1,023
Among people born in 1618, Peter Lely ranks 10. Before him are Jeremiah Horrocks, Hishikawa Moronobu, François Pierre La Varenne, François Blondel, Jan Dirksz Both, and Juraj Križanić. After him are Michiel Sweerts, Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, Ferrante III Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla, and Vittoria Farnese. Among people deceased in 1680, Peter Lely ranks 27. Before him are Tokugawa Ietsuna, Joachim Neander, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, and Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. After him are Frans Post, Kateri Tekakwitha, Marco Uccellini, Symeon of Polotsk, Pierre-Paul Riquet, and Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp.
1618 - 1641
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 4
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
1641 - 1680
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 21
1650 - 1680
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 22
1620 - 1680
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 23
1619 - 1680
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 24
1647 - 1680
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 25
1614 - 1680
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 26
1618 - 1680
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 27
1612 - 1680
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 28
1656 - 1680
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 29
1603 - 1680
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 30
1629 - 1680
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 31
1609 - 1680
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 32
1630 - 1680
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 33
Among people born in Germany, Peter Lely ranks 2,796 out of 6,142. Before him are Heinrich Rubens (1865), Walter Andreas Schwarz (1913), Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), Albert of Aix (1060), Fritz Busch (1890), and Eugen Meindl (1892). After him are Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823), Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782), Christoph Bernhard von Galen (1606), Alfred Andersch (1914), Malwida von Meysenbug (1816), and Albert O. Hirschman (1915).
1865 - 1922
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 2,790
1913 - 1992
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 2,791
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 2,792
1060 - 1120
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 2,793
1890 - 1951
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 2,794
1892 - 1951
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 2,795
1618 - 1680
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 2,796
1823 - 1883
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 2,797
1782 - 1834
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 2,798
1606 - 1678
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 2,799
1914 - 1980
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 2,800
1816 - 1903
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 2,801
1915 - 2012
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 2,802
Among painters born in Germany, Peter Lely ranks 91. Before him are Wilhelm Leibl (1844), Louise Catherine Breslau (1856), Abraham Mignon (1640), Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow (1789), Ludwig Richter (1803), and Hans von Kulmbach (1476). After him are Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805), Hans von Marées (1837), Hermann Zapf (1918), Fritz von Uhde (1848), Max Slevogt (1868), and Fritz Bleyl (1880).
1844 - 1900
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 85
1856 - 1927
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 86
1640 - 1679
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 87
1789 - 1862
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 88
1803 - 1884
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 89
1476 - 1522
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 90
1618 - 1680
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 91
1805 - 1874
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 92
1837 - 1887
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 93
1918 - 2015
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 94
1848 - 1911
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 95
1868 - 1932
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 96
1880 - 1966
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 97