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Herri met de Bles

1480 - 1555

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Herri met de Bles, also known as Henri Bles, Herri de Dinant, Herry de Patinir,(c. 1490 – after 1566), was a Flemish Northern Renaissance and Mannerist landscape painter, native of Bouvignes or Dinant (both in present-day Belgium). He contributed, along with Joachim Patinir and Lucas Gassel, to a distinct style of Northern Renaissance landscape painting basically originating from Gerard David's works and combining small history or religious scenes into compositions defined by perspective and atmospheric effects. They all painted landscapes seen from a high viewpoint and rocky masses. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herri met de Bles is the 949th most popular painter (down from 699th in 2019), the 352nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 234th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Herri met de Bles ranks 949 out of 2,023. Before him are Gyula Benczúr, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Master Francke, Oda Krohg, Georg Flegel, and Jacques-Laurent Agasse. After him are Toyen, Vanessa Bell, Francesco Pesellino, Philip de László, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, and Prospero Fontana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Herri met de Bles ranks 30. Before him are Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, António de Abreu, Pir Sultan Abdal, Matrakçı Nasuh, Pedro Damiano, and Girolamo Aleandro. After him are Antonio de Guevara, Girolamo Savoldo, Duarte Barbosa, Vannoccio Biringuccio, Frederick II of Legnica, and Hans Leonhard Schäufelein. Among people deceased in 1555, Herri met de Bles ranks 16. Before him are Gemma Frisius, Oronce Finé, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, Thomas of Villanova, Heinrich Aldegrever, and Agnes of Hesse. After him are Bartolomeo Veneto, Luis de Narváez, Justus Jonas, Jan Mostaert, Olympia Fulvia Morata, and Hugh Latimer.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Herri met de Bles ranks 352 out of 1,190. Before him are Georges Theunis (1873), Jan Porcellis (1583), Lambert Lombard (1505), Wilfried Van Moer (1945), George Albert Boulenger (1858), and Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651). After him are François-Joseph Fétis (1784), Pierre Harmel (1911), Amélie Nothomb (1967), Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833), Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), and Godfrey I, Count of Namur (1068).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Herri met de Bles ranks 63. Before him are Joachim Beuckelaer (1533), Michiel Coxie (1499), Gaspar de Crayer (1584), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Frans Hogenberg (1535), and Jan Porcellis (1583). After him are Frans Francken the Younger (1581), Jan Wildens (1586), Stradanus (1523), David Teniers the Elder (1582), Abraham Janssens (1570), and Denis Calvaert (1540).

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