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Arnold Houbraken

1660 - 1719

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Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arnold Houbraken is the 1,172nd most popular painter (down from 679th in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 286th in 2019) and the 108th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Arnold Houbraken ranks 1,172 out of 2,023Before him are Barent Fabritius, Emile Claus, Mykola Pymonenko, Zoran Mušič, Simon Marmion, and Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta. After him are Candido Portinari, Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Guariento di Arpo, Jacques-Émile Blanche, Giovanni Battista Crespi, and Maso di Banco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1660, Arnold Houbraken ranks 18Before him are Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, Johann Patkul, Rafael Casanova, Friedrich Hoffmann, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, and Olof Rudbeck the Younger. After him are Jakob Prandtauer, Grace Sherwood, Francis Hauksbee, Gavriil Golovkin, Peter Schenk the Elder, and Jeanne Dumée. Among people deceased in 1719, Arnold Houbraken ranks 17Before him are Joseph Addison, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Boris Sheremetev, Arp Schnitger, Pierre Raymond de Montmort, and Carlo Cignani. After him are Pasquier Quesnel, Farrukhsiyar, Köprülüzade Numan Pasha, Georg Heinrich von Görtz, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, and Rafi ud-Darajat.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Arnold Houbraken ranks 499 out of 1,646Before him are Virgil van Dijk (1991), Gijs van Lennep (1942), Barent Fabritius (1624), Tim Krabbé (1943), Jelle Zijlstra (1918), and Dick van Dijk (1946). After him are Henri Nouwen (1932), Memphis Depay (1994), Gerrie Mühren (1946), Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900), Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927), and Gysbert Japiks (1603).

Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Arnold Houbraken ranks 108Before him are Frans Post (1612), Jan Miense Molenaer (1610), Jan Mandijn (1500), Isaac van Ostade (1621), Willem Drost (1633), and Barent Fabritius (1624). After him are Albert Eckhout (1610), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831), Matthias Stom (1600), Joachim Wtewael (1566), and Caesar van Everdingen (1616).