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Pieter Coecke van Aelst

1502 - 1550

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Pieter Coecke van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder (Aalst, 14 August 1502 – Brussels, 6 December 1550) was a Flemish painter, sculptor, architect, author and designer of woodcuts, goldsmith's work, stained glass and tapestries. His principal subjects were Christian religious themes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pieter Coecke van Aelst has received more than 100,914 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Pieter Coecke van Aelst is the 369th most popular painter (down from 333rd in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 120th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Belgian Painter.

Pieter Coecke van Aelst is most famous for his paintings, which are a mix of realism and symbolism.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Pieter Coecke van Aelst ranks 369 out of 1,421. Before him are Leonora Carrington, Federico Zuccari, Paul Sérusier, Stefan Lochner, Bartolommeo Bandinelli, and John Bauer. After him are Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Hamilton, Domenico Veneziano, Joseph Kosuth, and Lucian Freud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1502, Pieter Coecke van Aelst ranks 7. Before him are Hurrem Sultan, Pope Gregory XIII, Atahualpa, John III of Portugal, La Malinche, and Thomas Tallis. After him are Miguel López de Legazpi, Pedro Nunes, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Heinrich Aldegrever, and Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. Among people deceased in 1550, Pieter Coecke van Aelst ranks 3. Before him are John of God and William IV, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Claude, Duke of Guise, Andrea Alciato, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Françoise d'Alençon, Jón Arason, Pir Sultan Abdal, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Ambrosius Benson, and Sebald Beham.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pieter Coecke van Aelst ranks 135 out of 1,019. Before him are Pierre Louÿs (1870), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), David Teniers the Younger (1610), Joseph Plateau (1801), André Grétry (1741), and Petrus Plancius (1552). After him are Jean-Marie Pfaff (1953), Marc Dutroux (1956), Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (1254), Lara Fabian (1970), Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735), and Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Pieter Coecke van Aelst ranks 24. Before him are Joachim Patinir (1480), Paul Delvaux (1897), Frans Snyders (1579), Karel van Mander (1548), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), and David Teniers the Younger (1610). After him are Fernand Khnopff (1858), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Bernard van Orley (1487), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Catharina van Hemessen (1528), and Jan Matsys (1509).

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