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Peter Snayers

1592 - 1667

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Peter Snayers or Pieter Snayers (1592–1667) was a Flemish painter known for his panoramic battle scenes, depictions of cavalry skirmishes, attacks on villages, coaches and convoys and hunting scenes. He established his reputation mainly through his topographic battle scenes providing a bird's eye view over the battlefield. He further painted large landscapes and portraits of the aristocracy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Snayers has received more than 33,129 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Peter Snayers is the 833rd most popular painter (down from 787th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 277th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Belgian Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Peter Snayers ranks 833 out of 2,023. Before him are Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Luis Ricardo Falero, Sigmar Polke, Ferrer Bassa, Jean François de Troy, and Louis Anquetin. After him are Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Jean Fautrier, Peter Nicolai Arbo, Vasily Polenov, Maximilien Luce, and Vincenzo Catena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1592, Peter Snayers ranks 11. Before him are Wilhelm Schickard, Gerard van Honthorst, Jacques Callot, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, and Catalina de Erauso. After him are Saib Tabrizi, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Luarsab II of Kartli, François le Métel de Boisrobert, Étienne Brûlé, and Wang Shimin. Among people deceased in 1667, Peter Snayers ranks 11. Before him are Marie Louise Gonzaga, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Johann Jakob Froberger, Alonzo Cano, Nicolas Sanson, and Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau. After him are Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Thomas de Keyser, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ferenc Wesselényi, Franz Tunder, and Fasilides.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Peter Snayers ranks 301 out of 1,190. Before him are Patrick Sercu (1944), Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Jean Bolland (1596), Gustave de Molinari (1819), Michiel Coxie (1499), and Arnold Geulincx (1624). After him are William of Moerbeke (1215), Arthur Grumiaux (1921), Frans Janssens (1945), Stradanus (1523), James Weddell (1787), and Odilon Polleunis (1943).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Peter Snayers ranks 54. Before him are Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), Jan Fyt (1611), Frans Floris (1519), Abraham Janssens (1570), Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), and Michiel Coxie (1499). After him are Stradanus (1523), Frans Francken the Younger (1581), Jan Provoost (1465), Denis Calvaert (1540), Maerten de Vos (1532), and Joos de Momper (1564).

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