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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 46,541 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Thomas de Keyser is the 1,062nd most popular painter (down from 954th in 2019), the 440th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 391st in 2019) and the 100th most popular Dutch Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Thomas de Keyser ranks 1,062 out of 2,023. Before him are Richard Parkes Bonington, Barbara Longhi, Azim Azimzade, Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Nicolas Froment, and Douris. After him are Jan Wildens, Davide Ghirlandaio, Joris Hoefnagel, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Joachim Beuckelaer, and Mykola Pymonenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Thomas de Keyser ranks 21. Before him are Constantijn Huygens, Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, Andreas Cellarius, Jean Bolland, Leonaert Bramer, and Ebba Brahe. After him are Heinrich Scheidemann, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Bertuccio Valier, and Jacobus Golius. Among people deceased in 1667, Thomas de Keyser ranks 13. Before him are Johann Jakob Froberger, Alonzo Cano, Nicolas Sanson, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Peter Snayers, and Cornelis van Poelenburgh. After him are Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ferenc Wesselényi, Franz Tunder, Fasilides, Melchiorre Cafà, and Jean de Thévenot.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Thomas de Keyser ranks 440 out of 1,646. Before him are Frits Philips (1905), Jan Miense Molenaer (1610), Rinus Israël (1942), Lou Ottens (1926), Louis Beel (1902), and Jan Akkerman (1946). After him are Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625), Dick Nanninga (1949), Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831), and Dirk I, Count of Holland (875).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Thomas de Keyser ranks 100. Before him are Caspar van Wittel (1653), Adriaen van de Venne (1589), Matthias Stom (1600), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), Adriaen van der Werff (1659), and Jan Miense Molenaer (1610). After him are Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831), Frans Post (1612), Anthon van Rappard (1858), Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1566), Gerrit Berckheyde (1638), and Cornelis Ketel (1548).

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