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Jan Matsys

1509 - 1575

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Jan Matsys or Jan Massijs (c.1510 – 8 October 1575) was a Flemish Renaissance painter known for his history paintings, genre scenes and landscapes. He also gained a reputation as a painter of the female nude, which he painted with a sensuality reminiscent of the school of Fontainebleau. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Matsys is the 457th most popular painter (down from 418th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan Matsys ranks 457 out of 2,023. Before him are Theophanes the Greek, Cima da Conegliano, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ary Scheffer, Suzuki Harunobu, and François-Édouard Picot. After him are Marcantonio Raimondi, Enrique Simonet, Jules Chéret, Cristofano Allori, Henryk Siemiradzki, and Jacopo de' Barbari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1509, Jan Matsys ranks 6. Before him are John Calvin, Michael Servetus, Şah Sultan, Daniele da Volterra, and Fernão Mendes Pinto. After him are John of Leiden, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Bernardino Telesio, Luis de Morales, Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal, and Leone Leoni. Among people deceased in 1575, Jan Matsys ranks 4. Before him are Claude of France, Pieter Aertsen, and Matthias Flacius. After him are Antonis Mor, Heinrich Bullinger, Joseph Karo, Francesco Maurolico, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern, Marcin Bielski, and Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Matsys ranks 164 out of 1,190. Before him are Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Marc Dutroux (1956), André Franquin (1924), Blanche of Namur (1320), Heinrich Isaac (1450), and John I, Duke of Brabant (1252). After him are Laura Marx (1845), Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Abraham Brueghel (1631), Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872), and Auguste Perret (1874).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Matsys ranks 27. Before him are Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Frans Snyders (1579), Catharina van Hemessen (1528), David Teniers the Younger (1610), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), and Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759). After him are Abraham Brueghel (1631), Maerten de Vos (1532), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Constantin Meunier (1831), Clara Peeters (1594), and Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573).

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