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Gaspar de Crayer

1584 - 1669

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Gaspar de Crayer or Jasper de Crayer (18 November 1584 – 27 January 1669) was a Flemish painter known for his many Counter-Reformation altarpieces and portraits. He was a court painter to the governors of the Southern Netherlands and worked in the principal cities of Flanders where he helped spread the Rubens style. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaspar de Crayer is the 847th most popular painter (up from 1,012th in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 360th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Gaspar de Crayer ranks 847 out of 2,023. Before him are Joachim Beuckelaer, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Michiel Coxie, Alonso Berruguete, Jean Fautrier, and Vasily Tropinin. After him are Gillis van Coninxloo, Amrita Sher-Gil, Jacob Philipp Hackert, Walter Sickert, Jean François de Troy, and Coppo di Marcovaldo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1584, Gaspar de Crayer ranks 11. Before him are Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Yuan Chonghuan, Matthias Gallas, John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Cornelis de Vos. After him are Mehmed III Giray, Melchior Grodziecki, Herman Wrangel, Francis Beaumont, Caspar Barlaeus, and Grégoire de Saint-Vincent. Among people deceased in 1669, Gaspar de Crayer ranks 11. Before him are François l'Olonnais, Antonio Cesti, Maria Miloslavskaya, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Oboi, and Arnold Geulincx. After him are François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Pieter Post, Louis, Duke of Vendôme, Johannes Cocceius, Antonio Bertali, and Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gaspar de Crayer ranks 315 out of 1,190. Before him are John I, Count of Hainaut (1218), Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau (1727), Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), Joachim Beuckelaer (1533), Michiel Coxie (1499), and Jean Bolland (1596). After him are Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Romelu Lukaku (1993), Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322), Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785), Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967), and Bernard Voorhoof (1910).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Gaspar de Crayer ranks 59. Before him are Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632), Antoine Wiertz (1806), Joachim Beuckelaer (1533), and Michiel Coxie (1499). After him are Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Frans Hogenberg (1535), Jan Porcellis (1583), Herri met de Bles (1480), Frans Francken the Younger (1581), and Jan Wildens (1586).

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