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Geertgen tot Sint Jans

1460 - 1490

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Geertgen tot Sint Jans (c. 1465 – c. 1495), also known as Geertgen van Haarlem, Gerrit van Haarlem, Gerrit Gerritsz, Gheertgen, Geerrit, Gheerrit, or any other diminutive form of Gerald, was an Early Netherlandish painter from the northern Low Countries in the Holy Roman Empire. No contemporary documentation of his life has been traced, and the earliest published account of his life and work is from 1604, in Karel van Mander's Schilder-boeck. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Geertgen tot Sint Jans is the 533rd most popular painter (up from 546th in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 227th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Geertgen tot Sint Jans ranks 533 out of 2,023. Before him are Isaac Levitan, Fernand Khnopff, Carlo Maratta, André Lhote, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, and Richard Hamilton. After him are Hugo Simberg, Constantin Meunier, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Andrea Solari, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, and Joachim von Sandrart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Geertgen tot Sint Jans ranks 13. Before him are Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Bartholomew Columbus, Juan de la Cosa, Tilman Riemenschneider, Jacopo de' Barbari, and Judah Leon Abravanel. After him are Andrea Solari, João da Nova, Pierre de la Rue, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Konstanty Ostrogski, and Johannes Widmann. Among people deceased in 1490, Geertgen tot Sint Jans ranks 4. Before him are Matthias Corvinus, Carlo Crivelli, and Charles I, Duke of Savoy. After him are Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Laonikos Chalkokondyles, Joanna, Princess of Portugal, Hans Talhoffer, Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale, and Pedro Tafur.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Geertgen tot Sint Jans ranks 218 out of 1,646. Before him are Johan Jongkind (1819), Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), Dries van Agt (1931), William I, Count of Holland (1167), Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588), and Carel Struycken (1948). After him are Wim Jansen (1946), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Willem Blaeu (1571), Frank de Boer (1970), Jan Jongbloed (1940), and Joop Zoetemelk (1946).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Geertgen tot Sint Jans ranks 51. Before him are Antonis Mor (1519), Willem van Aelst (1627), Dirck van Baburen (1595), Salomon van Ruysdael (1602), Johan Jongkind (1819), and Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588). After him are Willem Kalf (1619), Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606), Nicolaes Maes (1634), Cornelis van Haarlem (1562), Pieter van Laer (1599), and Emanuel de Witte (1617).

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