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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. 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

Among painters, Pieter Aertsen ranks 307 out of 1,421Before 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.

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Among people born in 1508, Pieter Aertsen ranks 5Before 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 1After 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.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pieter Aertsen ranks 114 out of 1,427Before 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).

Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Pieter Aertsen ranks 27Before 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).