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Frans Floris

1519 - 1570

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Frans Floris, Frans Floris the Elder or Frans Floris de Vriendt (17 April 1519 – 1 October 1570) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, print artist and tapestry designer. He is mainly known for his history paintings, allegorical scenes and portraits. He played an important role in the movement in Northern Renaissance painting referred to as Romanism. The Romanists had typically travelled to Italy to study the works of leading Italian High Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael and their followers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frans Floris is the 768th most popular painter (up from 810th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 292nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frans Floris ranks 768 out of 2,023. Before him are Amédée Ozenfant, Tang Yin, Liang Kai, Charlotte Salomon, Domenico Fetti, and Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger. After him are Bartolomeo Vivarini, Marie Krøyer, Vincenzo Catena, Nuno Gonçalves, François-Xavier Fabre, and Paolo Veneziano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1519, Frans Floris ranks 15. Before him are Occhiali, Theodore Beza, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Andrea Cesalpino, Antonis Mor, and Thomas Gresham. After him are Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, and Girolamo Mei. Among people deceased in 1570, Frans Floris ranks 8. Before him are Francesco Primaticcio, Francesco Melzi, Yi Hwang, Philibert de l'Orme, Paris Bordone, and João de Barros. After him are James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, Daniele Barbaro, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, Tielman Susato, and Diego Ortiz.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Frans Floris ranks 277 out of 1,190. Before him are Jean Duvieusart (1900), Hendrik Conscience (1812), François Duquesnoy (1597), Adalard of Corbie (751), Diane von Fürstenberg (1946), and John II, Duke of Brabant (1275). After him are Lucien Van Impe (1946), Henry III, Duke of Brabant (1231), Jan Provoost (1465), Patrick Bauchau (1938), Arthur Grumiaux (1921), and Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau (1578).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Frans Floris ranks 51. Before him are Peter Snayers (1592), Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1570), Justus van Gent (1430), Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (1607), Justus Sustermans (1597), and Jan Fyt (1611). After him are Jan Provoost (1465), Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632), Antoine Wiertz (1806), and Joachim Beuckelaer (1533).

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