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Cornelis Ketel

1548 - 1616

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Cornelis or Cornelius Ketel (18 March 1548 – 8 August 1616) was a Dutch Mannerist painter, active in Elizabethan London from 1573 to 1581, and in Amsterdam till his death. Ketel, known essentially as a portrait-painter, was also a poet and orator, and from 1595 a sculptor as well. According to Ketel's biography, written by his contemporary Karel van Mander, he seems to have wanted to concentrate on the most prestigious of the hierarchy of genres, history painting, which included mythological subjects, but after he left France he is known almost entirely as a portrait-painter. Neither England nor Holland had much demand for large history paintings during his lifetime, and none of Ketel's histories or allegorical paintings are known to have survived intact, although drawings and prints survive. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelis Ketel is the 1,777th most popular painter (down from 1,131st in 2019), the 770th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 476th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Cornelis Ketel ranks 1,777 out of 2,023. Before him are August Malmström, Kiki Kogelnik, Paul Raud, Romanino, Miroslav Kraljević, and Anita Rée. After him are Marie Bouliard, Lemuel Francis Abbott, Peter Perez Burdett, Mikhail Matyushin, Helena Almeida, and Peter Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1548, Cornelis Ketel ranks 16. Before him are Palma il Giovane, Catherine of Cleves, Fatma Sultan, Antonio Priuli, Giulio Cesare Polerio, and Sebastián Vizcaíno. After him is Malik Ambar. Among people deceased in 1616, Cornelis Ketel ranks 20. Before him are Tang Xianzu, Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Francis Beaumont, Matthias de l'Obel, Richard Hakluyt, and Vitsentzos Kornaros. After him is Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelis Ketel ranks 770 out of 1,646. Before him are Martin van Creveld (1946), Doutzen Kroes (1985), Jaap Eden (1873), Nicolaas Pierson (1839), Dirk Hartog (1580), and Ed de Goey (1966). After him are Henriette Roland Holst (1869), Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (1968), Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846), Joseph Bruyère (1948), Frederik Kaiser (1808), and Zara Whites (1968).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Cornelis Ketel ranks 153. Before him are Cornelis Bloemaert (1603), Hendrik Voogd (1768), Pieter de Grebber (1600), Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst (1603), Charley Toorop (1891), and Thérèse Schwartze (1851). After him are Louis Meijer (1809), and Lucebert (1924).

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