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Sebastiaen Vrancx

1573 - 1647

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Sebastiaen Vrancx, Sebastiaan Vrancx or Sebastian Vranckx (pronounced [ˈvrɑŋs]; 22 January 1573 – 19 May 1647) was a Flemish Baroque painter, draughtsman and designer of prints who is mainly known for his battle scenes, a genre that he pioneered in Netherlandish painting. He also created landscapes with mythological and allegorical scenes, scenes with robbers, village scenes and celebrations in cities. He was a gifted figure painter who was regularly invited to paint the staffage in compositions of fellow painters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastiaen Vrancx has received more than 49,196 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sebastiaen Vrancx is the 819th most popular painter (down from 728th in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 243rd in 2019) and the 55th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Sebastiaen Vrancx ranks 819 out of 1,421Before him are Juan de Valdés Leal, Gutzon Borglum, Jan Mandijn, Marcello Bacciarelli, Ford Madox Brown, and Jan Provoost. After him are Emil Orlík, Georges Mathieu, John Collier, Dong Yuan, Carmen Herrera, and Xia Gui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1573, Sebastiaen Vrancx ranks 10Before him are Simon Marius, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Inigo Jones, Ambrosius Bosschaert, and Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz. After him are Ukita Hideie, Robert Catesby, Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Odoardo Farnese, and George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. Among people deceased in 1647, Sebastiaen Vrancx ranks 8Before him are Bonaventura Cavalieri, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Peter Mogila, Matthias Gallas, Zhang Xianzhong, and Giovanni Lanfranco. After him are Zhu Yuyue, Masaniello, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Pietro Carrera, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, and Matthew Hopkins.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Sebastiaen Vrancx ranks 290 out of 1,019Before him are William of St-Thierry (1085), Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), Thierry Boutsen (1957), Marc Rich (1934), and Jan Provoost (1465). After him are Leo Joseph Suenens (1904), Henry of Ghent (1217), Denis Calvaert (1540), Prince Baudouin of Belgium (1869), Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), and Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651).

Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Sebastiaen Vrancx ranks 55Before him are Joos de Momper (1564), Herri met de Bles (1480), Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1570), Peter Snayers (1592), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), and Jan Provoost (1465). After him are Denis Calvaert (1540), Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), Jan Porcellis (1583), Frans Hogenberg (1535), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), and Marcel Broodthaers (1924).