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Carel Fabritius

1622 - 1654

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Carel Pietersz. Fabritius (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaːrəl ˈpitərs faːˈbritsijʏs]; bapt. 27 February 1622 – 12 October 1654) was a Dutch painter. He was a pupil of Rembrandt and worked in his studio in Amsterdam. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carel Fabritius is the 271st most popular painter (down from 249th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 99th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Dutch Painter.

Carel Fabritius is most famous for his painting "The Goldfinch," which was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Carel Fabritius ranks 271 out of 2,023. Before him are Cosimo Rosselli, Peder Severin Krøyer, Guercino, Gerard ter Borch, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, and Gentile da Fabriano. After him are Gerda Wegener, Gerrit Dou, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Angela Hitler, Orazio Gentileschi, and Hubert van Eyck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1622, Carel Fabritius ranks 3. Before him are Molière, and Charles X Gustav of Sweden. After him are Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Vincenzo Viviani, Bernhardus Varenius, Vittoria della Rovere, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Juan de Valdés Leal, Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Karel Dujardin. Among people deceased in 1654, Carel Fabritius ranks 4. Before him are Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, Axel Oxenstierna, and Alessandro Algardi. After him are Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Paulus Potter, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Samuel Scheidt, İslâm III Giray, Peter Claver, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, and Jacques Lemercier.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Carel Fabritius ranks 103 out of 1,646. Before him are Multatuli (1820), Judith Leyster (1609), William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Dick Advocaat (1947), Hendrick Avercamp (1585), and Gerard ter Borch (1617). After him are Gerrit Dou (1613), Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778), Pieter Aertsen (1508), Lucas van Leyden (1494), Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930), and Harry Mulisch (1927).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Carel Fabritius ranks 22. Before him are Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836), Kees van Dongen (1877), Judith Leyster (1609), Hendrick Avercamp (1585), and Gerard ter Borch (1617). After him are Gerrit Dou (1613), Pieter Aertsen (1508), Lucas van Leyden (1494), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Gerard David (1450), and Anton Mauve (1838).

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