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Hendrick van Balen the Elder

1570 - 1632

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Hendrick van Balen or Hendrick van Balen I (c. 1573–1575 – 17 July 1632) was a Flemish Baroque painter and stained glass designer. Hendrick van Balen specialised in small cabinet pictures often painted on a copper support. His favourite themes were mythological and allegorical scenes and, to a lesser extent, religious subjects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hendrick van Balen the Elder is the 699th most popular painter (up from 943rd in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 340th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hendrick van Balen the Elder ranks 699 out of 2,023. Before him are Mihály Munkácsy, Jean Béraud, Guido of Siena, Friedrich von Amerling, Lippo Memmi, and Govert Flinck. After him are Mihály Zichy, Jasper Johns, Andrea Appiani, Luis de Morales, Roberto Ferruzzi, and Han Gan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1570, Hendrick van Balen the Elder ranks 8. Before him are Hans Lippershey, Henry Hudson, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Willem Janszoon, Jan Janszoon, and John Smyth. After him are Giorgi Saakadze, Péter Pázmány, Kara Davud Pasha, Alessandro Salvio, Abraham Janssens, and Tawaraya Sōtatsu. Among people deceased in 1632, Hendrick van Balen the Elder ranks 15. Before him are Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Susenyos I, Infante Carlos of Spain, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Valentin de Boulogne, and Francis II, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Ludovico Ludovisi, Anna of Cleves, Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, Jan Porcellis, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, and Abraham Janssens.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Hendrick van Balen the Elder ranks 254 out of 1,190. Before him are Jacques Feyder (1885), John Langenus (1891), Emile Vandervelde (1866), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), Lambert I, Count of Louvain (1000), and Philippe Thys (1889). After him are Justus van Gent (1430), Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (1607), Thierry Boutsen (1957), Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Jean Absil (1893), and Jodocus Hondius (1563).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Hendrick van Balen the Elder ranks 46. Before him are Bernard van Orley (1487), Paul Bril (1556), Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), Melchior Broederlam (1355), Théo van Rysselberghe (1862), and Peter Snayers (1592). After him are Justus van Gent (1430), Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (1607), Justus Sustermans (1597), Jan Fyt (1611), Frans Floris (1519), and Jan Provoost (1465).

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