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Pieter Aertsen

1508 - 1575

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Pieter Aertsen (1508, Amsterdam – 2 June 1575, Amsterdam), called Lange Piet ("Tall Pete") because of his height, was a Dutch painter in the style of Northern Mannerism. He is credited with the invention of the monumental genre scene, which combines still life and genre painting and often also includes a biblical scene in the background. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pieter Aertsen has received more than 152,667 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Pieter Aertsen is the 288th most popular painter (up from 307th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 114th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Dutch Painter.

Pieter Aertsen is most famous for his paintings of daily life in the Netherlands.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.30

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Pieter Aertsen ranks 288 out of 2,023. Before him are Philippe de Champaigne, Félix Vallotton, Max Beckmann, Willem de Kooning, Franz Stuck, and François Gérard. After him are Natalia Goncharova, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Carlo Crivelli, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Louis Wain, and Jacopo Bassano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1508, Pieter Aertsen ranks 5. Before him are Andrea Palladio, Jane Seymour, Humayun, and Nikola IV Zrinski. After him are Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Primož Trubar, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Marin Držić, Gemma Frisius, and Nicolás Monardes. Among people deceased in 1575, Pieter Aertsen ranks 1. After him are Joseph Karo, Jan Matsys, Matthias Flacius, Heinrich Bullinger, Claude of France, Antonis Mor, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Francesco Maurolico, Federico Commandino, and Annibale Padovano.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pieter Aertsen ranks 119 out of 1,646. Before him are Mark Rutte (1967), Jan Jongbloed (1940), Judith Leyster (1609), Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692), Willem Schouten (1567), and Willem de Kooning (1904). After him are Ruud Krol (1949), Arie Haan (1948), Bertha of Holland (1055), Claus Sluter (1340), Harry Mulisch (1927), and Robert van Gulik (1910).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Pieter Aertsen ranks 27. Before him are Carel Fabritius (1622), Kees van Dongen (1877), Jan van Goyen (1596), Hendrick Avercamp (1585), Judith Leyster (1609), and Willem de Kooning (1904). After him are Adriaen van Ostade (1610), Paulus Potter (1625), George Hendrik Breitner (1857), Gerard David (1450), Anton Mauve (1838), and Ary Scheffer (1795).

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