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Quentin Matsys

1466 - 1530

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Quentin Matsys (Dutch: Quinten Matsijs) (1466–1530) was a Flemish painter in the Early Netherlandish tradition. He was born in Leuven. According to tradition, he trained as an ironsmith before becoming a painter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Quentin Matsys has received more than 297,705 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Quentin Matsys is the 200th most popular painter (down from 193rd in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 71st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belgian Painter.

Quentin Matsys is a Flemish painter from the Northern Renaissance. He is most famous for his portraits and religious works.

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  • 300k

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  • 66.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Quentin Matsys ranks 200 out of 2,023. Before him are Utamaro, Pieter de Hooch, Pietro da Cortona, Henry Fuseli, Zdzisław Beksiński, and Pisanello. After him are Francesco Guardi, Gerhard Richter, Raoul Dufy, Aristide Maillol, Joaquín Sorolla, and John William Waterhouse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1466, Quentin Matsys ranks 5. Before him are Erasmus, Moctezuma II, Elizabeth of York, and Andrea Doria. After him are Alonso de Ojeda, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, Şehzade Ahmet, Giovanni Sforza, Ottaviano Petrucci, Ashikaga Yoshitane, and Marino Sanuto the Younger. Among people deceased in 1530, Quentin Matsys ranks 4. Before him are Babur, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, and Andrea del Sarto. After him are Thomas Wolsey, Maximilian Sforza, Joanna la Beltraneja, Konstanty Ostrogski, Judah Leon Abravanel, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, Jacopo Sannazaro, and Pêro da Covilhã.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Quentin Matsys ranks 70 out of 1,190. Before him are Maxime Weygand (1867), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Carlota of Mexico (1840), Adolphe Quetelet (1796), and John of Gaunt (1340). After him are Jacques Rogge (1942), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Albert Claude (1899), Paul Delvaux (1897), Adrian Willaert (1490), and Dominique Pire (1910).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Quentin Matsys ranks 11. Before him are Rogier van der Weyden (1390), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), Jacob Jordaens (1593), James Ensor (1860), and Hugo van der Goes (1440). After him are Paul Delvaux (1897), Hubert van Eyck (1366), Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), Joachim Patinir (1480), Philippe de Champaigne (1602), and Félicien Rops (1833).

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