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Willem van Aelst

1627 - 1679

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Willem van Aelst (16 May 1627 – buried 22 May 1683) was a Dutch Golden Age artist who specialized in still-life painting with flowers or game. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem van Aelst has received more than 78,572 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Willem van Aelst is the 521st most popular painter (down from 436th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 167th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Dutch Painter.

Willem van Aelst is most famous for his paintings of biblical scenes and portraits.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Willem van Aelst ranks 521 out of 2,023. Before him are Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Lyonel Feininger, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Théodore Chassériau, and Arman. After him are Stefano di Giovanni, Mi Fu, Giuseppe Crespi, Michael Wolgemut, Séraphine Louis, and Bernard van Orley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1627, Willem van Aelst ranks 9. Before him are Shivaji, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, Aşub Sultan, John Ray, and Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten. After him are Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Petro Doroshenko, Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Murad Giray. Among people deceased in 1679, Willem van Aelst ranks 9. Before him are Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Joost van den Vondel, John of Austria the Younger, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, and Marie de Rohan. After him are Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Francesco Barberini, Margherita de' Medici, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, and Anne Conway.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem van Aelst ranks 215 out of 1,646. Before him are C. C. Catch (1964), Wim Jansen (1946), Antonis Mor (1519), Abraham Kuyper (1837), Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627), and Peter Stuyvesant (1612). After him are Johannes Heesters (1903), Anton Geesink (1934), Cornelis van Haarlem (1562), Tjalling Koopmans (1910), Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), and L. E. J. Brouwer (1881).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Willem van Aelst ranks 52. Before him are Jan van Scorel (1495), Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606), Philips Wouwerman (1619), Johan Jongkind (1819), Antonis Mor (1519), and Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627). After him are Cornelis van Haarlem (1562), Dirck van Baburen (1595), Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1460), Willem Kalf (1619), Salomon van Ruysdael (1602), and Jozef Israëls (1824).

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