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Willem Kalf

1619 - 1693

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Willem Kalf (1619 – 31 July 1693) was one of the most prominent Dutch still-life painters of the 17th century, the Dutch Golden Age. We first get acquainted with Willem Kalf through Arnold Houbraken, in his Groot Schilderboek, who speaks very highly of him. In fact, Kalf was a highly regarded and celebrated artist during his own lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem Kalf has received more than 101,949 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Willem Kalf is the 547th most popular painter (down from 525th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 209th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Willem Kalf ranks 547 out of 2,023. Before him are Naji al-Ali, Jost Amman, Anton von Werner, Guido of Siena, Charles Gleyre, and Geertgen tot Sint Jans. After him are Albert Bierstadt, Edmund Leighton, Sol LeWitt, Carlo Maratta, Pietro Longhi, and Yoshitoshi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1619, Willem Kalf ranks 9. Before him are Jan van Riebeeck, Charles Le Brun, Hyojong of Joseon, Barbara Strozzi, Francesco Morosini, and Philips Wouwerman. After him are Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, Jacob Stainer, and Wang Fuzhi. Among people deceased in 1693, Willem Kalf ranks 5. Before him are Mehmed IV, Madame de La Fayette, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, and Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier. After him are Ihara Saikaku, Nicolaes Maes, Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Elisabeth Hevelius, and John de Britto.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Kalf ranks 228 out of 1,646. Before him are Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), Tom Gehrels (1925), Dirck van Baburen (1595), Joan Blaeu (1596), Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (1824), and Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1460). After him are John Goodricke (1764), Willem Mengelberg (1871), Joop Zoetemelk (1946), Robin van Persie (1983), Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), and Salomon van Ruysdael (1602).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Willem Kalf ranks 56. Before him are Antonis Mor (1519), Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627), Willem van Aelst (1627), Cornelis van Haarlem (1562), Dirck van Baburen (1595), and Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1460). After him are Salomon van Ruysdael (1602), Jozef Israëls (1824), Otto van Veen (1556), Nicolaes Maes (1634), Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), and Pieter van Laer (1599).

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