1508 - 1575
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. He was active in his native city Amsterdam but also worked for a long period in Antwerp, then the centre of artistic life in the Netherlands.His genre scenes were influential on later Flemish Baroque painting, Dutch still life painting and also in Italy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pieter Aertsen has received more than 141,004 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Pieter Aertsen is the 307th most popular painter (down from 265th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 93rd 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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Among painters, Pieter Aertsen ranks 307 out of 1,421. Before him are François Gérard, Thomas Couture, Masolino da Panicale, Viktor Vasnetsov, Horace Vernet, and Karel van Mander. After him are Francesco Albani, Rosalba Carriera, Philipp Otto Runge, Hendrik Goltzius, Cosimo Rosselli, and Paulus Potter.
1770 - 1837
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 301
1815 - 1879
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 302
1383 - 1447
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 303
1848 - 1926
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 304
1789 - 1863
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 305
1548 - 1606
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 306
1508 - 1575
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 307
1578 - 1660
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 308
1673 - 1757
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 309
1777 - 1810
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 310
1558 - 1617
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 311
1439 - 1507
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 312
1625 - 1654
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 313
Among people born in 1508, Pieter Aertsen ranks 5. Before him are Andrea Palladio, Jane Seymour, Humayun, and Nikola IV Zrinski. After him are Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, 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 Claude of France, Antonis Mor, Heinrich Bullinger, Matthias Flacius, Joseph Karo, Jan Matsys, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Francesco Maurolico, Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Corneille de Lyon, and Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern.
1508 - 1580
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 1
1508 - 1537
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 2
1508 - 1556
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 3
1508 - 1566
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 4
1508 - 1575
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 5
1508 - 1559
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 6
1508 - 1549
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 7
1508 - 1586
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 8
1508 - 1580
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 9
1508 - 1567
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 10
1508 - 1555
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 11
1508 - 1588
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 12
1508 - 1575
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 1
1547 - 1575
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 2
1519 - 1575
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 3
1504 - 1575
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 4
1520 - 1575
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 5
1488 - 1575
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 6
1509 - 1575
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 7
1514 - 1575
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 8
1494 - 1575
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 9
1522 - 1575
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 10
1500 - 1575
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 11
1537 - 1575
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 12
Among people born in Netherlands, Pieter Aertsen ranks 114 out of 1,427. Before him are Menno Simons (1496), Pier Gerlofs Donia (1480), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Willem Janszoon (1570), Simon van der Meer (1925), and Cornelis Drebbel (1572). After him are Paulus Potter (1625), Joris Ivens (1898), Gerard Kuiper (1905), Famke Janssen (1964), Edwin van der Sar (1970), and Robert van Gulik (1910).
1496 - 1561
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 108
1480 - 1520
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 109
1740 - 1805
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 110
1570 - 1631
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 111
1925 - 2011
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 112
1572 - 1633
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 113
1508 - 1575
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 114
1625 - 1654
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 115
1898 - 1989
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 116
1905 - 1973
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 117
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 118
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 119
1910 - 1967
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 120
Among painters born in Netherlands, Pieter Aertsen ranks 27. Before him are Kees van Dongen (1877), Jan van Goyen (1596), Hendrick Avercamp (1585), Gerard ter Borch (1617), Gerrit Dou (1613), and Adriaen van Ostade (1610). After him are Paulus Potter (1625), Gabriël Metsu (1629), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Maarten van Heemskerck (1498), and Ferdinand Bol (1616).
1877 - 1968
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 21
1596 - 1656
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 22
1585 - 1634
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 23
1617 - 1681
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 24
1613 - 1675
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 25
1610 - 1685
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 26
1508 - 1575
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 27
1625 - 1654
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 28
1629 - 1667
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 29
1594 - 1680
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 30
1638 - 1709
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 31
1498 - 1574
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 32
1616 - 1680
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 33