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Jacob van Ruisdael

1628 - 1682

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Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjaːkɔp fɑn ˈrœyzdaːl] ; c. 1629 – 10 March 1682) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural achievement when Dutch painting became highly popular. Prolific and versatile, Ruisdael depicted a wide variety of landscape subjects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob van Ruisdael is the 108th most popular painter (up from 162nd in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 50th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Dutch Painter.

Jacob van Ruisdael is most famous for his paintings of landscapes.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jacob van Ruisdael ranks 108 out of 2,023. Before him are Guido Reni, Hans Memling, Antonio da Correggio, Matthias Grünewald, Lisa del Giocondo, and Ivan Aivazovsky. After him are Apelles, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Georges de La Tour, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Pontormo, and Pieter Brueghel the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1628, Jacob van Ruisdael ranks 2. Before him is Charles Perrault. After him are Marcello Malpighi, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John Bunyan, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Muazzez Sultan, François Girardon, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, Carlo Cignani, and Tokugawa Mitsukuni. Among people deceased in 1682, Jacob van Ruisdael ranks 3. Before him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Claude Lorrain. After him are 5th Dalai Lama, Evliya Çelebi, Feodor III of Russia, Johann Joachim Becher, Avvakum, Jacob Kettler, Baldassare Longhena, Alessandro Stradella, and Thomas Browne.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jacob van Ruisdael ranks 34 out of 1,646. Before him are Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837), Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), André Rieu (1949), Christiaan Eijkman (1858), and Louis van Gaal (1951). After him are Peter Debye (1884), Leo Beenhakker (1942), William I of the Netherlands (1772), Jan van Riebeeck (1619), Guus Hiddink (1946), and Rutger Hauer (1944).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Jacob van Ruisdael ranks 7. Before him are Vincent van Gogh (1853), Rembrandt (1606), Johannes Vermeer (1632), Piet Mondrian (1872), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), and Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525). After him are Jan Steen (1626), Theo van Gogh (1857), Pieter de Hooch (1629), Han van Meegeren (1889), Dieric Bouts (1415), and Petrus Christus (1410).

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