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Stradanus

1523 - 1605

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Johannes Stradanus (Dutch Jan van der Straet or Italian Giovanni Stradano; 1523 – 2 November 1605) was a Flemish artist active mainly in 16th-century Florence, Italy. He was a wide-ranging talent who worked as an easel and fresco painter, designer of tapestries, draughtsman, designer of prints and pottery decorator. His subject range was varied and included history subjects, mythological scenes, allegories, landscapes, genre scenes, portraits, architectural scenes and animals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stradanus has received more than 96,851 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Stradanus is the 844th most popular painter (up from 952nd in 2019), the 305th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 334th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Stradanus ranks 844 out of 2,023. Before him are Maximilien Luce, Vincenzo Catena, Wolf Huber, Marguerite Gérard, Helen Allingham, and Roman Opałka. After him are Toros Roslin, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Gustave Boulanger, John Collier, Ford Madox Brown, and Isaac Israëls.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1523, Stradanus ranks 8. Before him are Anna Jagiellon, Gabriele Falloppio, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Blaise de Vigenère, Charles de Bourbon, and Marco Antonio Bragadin. After him are Gaspara Stampa, Gulbadan Begum, Catherine Carey, Pieter Pourbus, and Jan Blahoslav. Among people deceased in 1605, Stradanus ranks 15. Before him are John Davis, Theodore Beza, Naresuan, Jan Zamoyski, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha. After him are Orazio Vecchi, Marino Grimani, Robert Catesby, and Heinrich Khunrath.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Stradanus ranks 305 out of 1,190. Before him are Michiel Coxie (1499), Arnold Geulincx (1624), Peter Snayers (1592), William of Moerbeke (1215), Arthur Grumiaux (1921), and Frans Janssens (1945). After him are James Weddell (1787), Odilon Polleunis (1943), Claude Piron (1931), Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967), Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651), and Guido Gezelle (1830).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Stradanus ranks 55. Before him are Jan Fyt (1611), Frans Floris (1519), Abraham Janssens (1570), Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Michiel Coxie (1499), and Peter Snayers (1592). After him are Frans Francken the Younger (1581), Jan Provoost (1465), Denis Calvaert (1540), Maerten de Vos (1532), Joos de Momper (1564), and Justus Sustermans (1597).

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