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Hercules Seghers

1589 - 1638

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Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers or Segers (c. 1589 – c. 1638) was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age. He has been called "the most inspired, experimental and original landscapist" of his period and an even more innovative printmaker. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hercules Seghers is the 830th most popular painter (up from 852nd in 2019), the 344th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 352nd in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hercules Seghers ranks 830 out of 2,023. Before him are Marie Bracquemond, Konstantin Korovin, Vasily Polenov, Evelyn De Morgan, Juan de Valdés Leal, and Christian Boltanski. After him are Hans Gude, Olga Boznańska, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Ogata Kōrin, Leandro Bassano, and Carle Vernet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1589, Hercules Seghers ranks 11. Before him are John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Ivan Gundulić, 4th Dalai Lama, Gabriel Báthory, Domenico Fetti, and John, Duke of Östergötland. After him are Teimuraz I of Kakheti, Marko Krizin, Adriaen van de Venne, Giovanni Battista Zupi, Gisbertus Voetius, and Giovanni Pesaro. Among people deceased in 1638, Hercules Seghers ranks 16. Before him are Willem Blaeu, Cornelis van Haarlem, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Cyril Lucaris, and Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac. After him are Barbara Longhi, Paulus Moreelse, Georg Flegel, Jacques Blanchard, Johann Heinrich Alsted, and Joachim Wtewael.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hercules Seghers ranks 344 out of 1,646. Before him are Titus Brandsma (1881), Joanna of Bavaria (1356), Antonia Brico (1902), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), Gerard van Swieten (1700), and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743). After him are Rie Mastenbroek (1919), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), Faas Wilkes (1923), Aletta Jacobs (1854), and Dirk Kuyt (1980).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Hercules Seghers ranks 73. Before him are Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1622), Jan van der Heyden (1637), Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633), Adriaen van de Velde (1636), Leonaert Bramer (1596), and Gerrit Berckheyde (1638). After him are Marinus van Reymerswaele (1490), Allaert van Everdingen (1621), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), Albert van Ouwater (1415), Adriaen van der Werff (1659), and Maria van Oosterwijck (1630).

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