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Peter Paul Rubens

1577 - 1640

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Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ROO-bənz; Dutch: [ˈpeːtər pʌul ˈrybəns]; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Paul Rubens has received more than 4,125,074 page views. His biography is available in 142 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 136 in 2019). Peter Paul Rubens is the 10th most popular painter, the 18th most popular biography from Germany (down from 17th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Painter.

Peter Paul Rubens is most famous for his paintings, which are mostly of religious and mythological subjects.

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  • 142

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Peter Paul Rubens ranks 10 out of 2,023. Before him are Raphael, Rembrandt, Salvador Dalí, Claude Monet, Albrecht Dürer, and Edvard Munch. After him are Frida Kahlo, Caravaggio, Francisco Goya, Johannes Vermeer, Henri Matisse, and Paul Cézanne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Peter Paul Rubens ranks 1. After him are Christian IV of Denmark, Beatrice Cenci, Nur Jahan, François Leclerc du Tremblay, Scipione Borghese, Cristofano Allori, Paul Guldin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, and Kobayakawa Hideaki. Among people deceased in 1640, Peter Paul Rubens ranks 1. After him are Murad IV, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Francesca Caccini, Uriel da Costa, Giuseppe Cesari, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Vittoria Aleotti, Wilhelm Kettler, Alessandro Salvio, and Charles, Duke of Guise.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Paul Rubens ranks 18 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto von Bismarck (1815), Johannes Kepler (1571), Albrecht Dürer (1471), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770), Richard Wagner (1813), and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646). After him are Max Weber (1864), George Frideric Handel (1685), Wilhelm Röntgen (1845), Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Frederick the Great (1712), and Robert Schumann (1810).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Peter Paul Rubens ranks 2. Before him are Albrecht Dürer (1471). After him are Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), Max Ernst (1891), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Hans Memling (1435), Franz Marc (1880), Hans von Aachen (1552), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), and Emil Nolde (1867).

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