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Godfried Schalcken

1643 - 1706

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Godfried Schalcken (8 October 1643 – 16 November 1706) was a Dutch artist who specialized in genre paintings and portraits. Schalcken was noted for his night scenes and mastery in reproducing the effect of candlelight. He painted in the highly polished style of the Leiden fijnschilders. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Godfried Schalcken is the 1,530th most popular painter (down from 1,305th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 545th in 2019) and the 135th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Godfried Schalcken ranks 1,530 out of 2,023. Before him are André Gill, Austin Osman Spare, Yun Shouping, David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, Edwin Austin Abbey, and Apollinary Vasnetsov. After him are Pieter Boel, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, Giusto de' Menabuoi, Jacques d'Arthois, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, and Tomás Maldonado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1643, Godfried Schalcken ranks 16. Before him are Ilona Zrínyi, Jean Chardin, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Jean-Baptiste Denys, and Bahadur Shah I. After him are Vasily Golitsyn, and Zinat-un-Nissa Begum. Among people deceased in 1706, Godfried Schalcken ranks 15. Before him are Andreas Werckmeister, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, John Evelyn, Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin, Ferdinand de Marsin, and Tylman van Gameren. After him are Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, and Jeanne Dumée.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Godfried Schalcken ranks 629 out of 1,646. Before him are Piet Dankert (1934), Wim Kieft (1962), Jan Wolkers (1925), Settela Steinbach (1934), Bart Bok (1906), and Semmy Schilt (1973). After him are Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821), Simon Vestdijk (1898), Arend Heyting (1898), Eise Eisinga (1744), Pieter Pourbus (1523), and Wim Anderiesen (1903).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Godfried Schalcken ranks 135. Before him are Jacob Maris (1837), Jan Baptist Weenix (1621), Meijer de Haan (1852), Cornelis Pietersz Bega (1630), Bart van der Leck (1876), and Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608). After him are Pieter Pourbus (1523), Nicolaas Pieneman (1809), Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh (null), Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594), Paulus Bor (1601), and Willem Roelofs (1822).

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