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Thomas de Keyser

1596 - 1667

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Thomas de Keyser (c. 1596–1667) was a Dutch portrait painter and a dealer in Belgium bluestone and stone mason. He was the most in-demand portrait painter in the Netherlands until the 1630s, when Rembrandt eclipsed him in popularity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas de Keyser has received more than 43,509 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Thomas de Keyser is the 955th most popular painter (down from 871st in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 344th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Thomas de Keyser ranks 955 out of 1,421Before him are Daniel Chodowiecki, Jean Hey, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Stradanus, and Henri Gervex. After him are Wilhelm Leibl, Odd Nerdrum, Isaac van Ostade, Zao Wou-Ki, Bartolomeo Montagna, and Louise Catherine Breslau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Thomas de Keyser ranks 19Before him are Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, Johan Banér, Jean Bolland, Constantijn Huygens, Jacob van Campen, and Andreas Cellarius. After him are Leonaert Bramer, Heinrich Scheidemann, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Bertuccio Valier. Among people deceased in 1667, Thomas de Keyser ranks 13Before him are Johann Jakob Froberger, Alonzo Cano, Nicolas Sanson, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Peter Snayers, and Cornelis van Poelenburgh. After him are Fasilides, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Melchiorre Cafà, Franz Tunder, and Giovanni Battista Zupi.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Thomas de Keyser ranks 392 out of 1,427Before him are Hendrick de Keyser (1565), Dirk I, Count of Holland (875), Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635), Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), and Petrus Camper (1722). After him are Johannes van den Bosch (1780), Isaac van Ostade (1621), Bep Voskuijl (1919), Walter Lewin (1936), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), and Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937).

Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Thomas de Keyser ranks 87Before him are Adriaen van der Werff (1659), Cornelis Engebrechtsz. (1468), Arnold Houbraken (1660), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635), and Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636). After him are Isaac van Ostade (1621), Willem Drost (1633), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), Cornelis Cort (1533), Adriaen van de Venne (1589), and Caspar van Wittel (1653).