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Alonso Sánchez Coello

1531 - 1588

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Alonso Sánchez Coello (c. 1531 – 8 August 1588) was an Iberian portrait painter of the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance. He is mainly known for his portrait paintings executed in a style which combines the objectivity of the Flemish tradition with the sensuality of Venetian painting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alonso Sánchez Coello is the 645th most popular painter (up from 660th in 2019), the 577th most popular biography from Spain (up from 589th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Spanish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Alonso Sánchez Coello ranks 645 out of 2,023. Before him are Henri-Edmond Cross, Sol LeWitt, Palma il Giovane, Francesco Francia, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, and Konstantin Makovsky. After him are Pieter van Laer, Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Thomas Eakins, Jan Kupecký, Peter Snayers, and Joos van Cleve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1531, Alonso Sánchez Coello ranks 6. Before him are Şehzade Cihangir, Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Mohammad Khodabanda, António, Prior of Crato, and Anna d'Este. After him are James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Bernardo Buontalenti, and Vespasiano I Gonzaga. Among people deceased in 1588, Alonso Sánchez Coello ranks 11. Before him are Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, 3rd Dalai Lama, Qi Jiguang, Henri, Prince of Condé, Bernardino Telesio, and Johann Weyer. After him are Plautilla Nelli, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, Louis of Granada, Valentin Weigel, Giorgio Biandrata, and Abtai Sain Khan.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alonso Sánchez Coello ranks 577 out of 3,355. Before him are Luis del Sol (1935), Manuel Marín (1949), Chintila (606), Antonio de Nebrija (1441), Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón (1727), and Isabella Colbran (1785). After him are Agustín Muñoz Grandes (1896), Antonio de Cabezón (1510), Raymond Nonnatus (1204), García Sánchez III of Pamplona (1012), Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile (1358), and Muhammad II of Córdoba (980).

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Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Alonso Sánchez Coello ranks 17. Before him are Enrique Simonet (1866), Francisco Pacheco (1564), Remedios Varo (1908), Marià Fortuny (1838), Santiago Rusiñol (1861), and Josefa de Óbidos (1630). After him are Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560), Francisco Herrera the Elder (1576), Ramon Casas (1866), Luis de Morales (1509), Julio González (1876), and Juan de Valdés Leal (1622).

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