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Jan Porcellis

1583 - 1632

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Jan Porcellis (1580/84 Ghent – 29 January 1632 Zoeterwoude) was a Dutch marine artist in the seventeenth century. His works initiated a "decisive transition from early realism to the tonal phase", fostering a new style and subject in marine painting by focusing on overcast skies and rough waters, a radical break from maritime art's previous focus on the grandeur of ships in historical settings. This style of greater simplicity surrounding maritime art, with the majority of the canvas displaying sea and sky, set the grounds for later works in this genre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Porcellis is the 933rd most popular painter (down from 924th in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 336th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan Porcellis ranks 933 out of 2,023. Before him are Peter Lely, Simon de Vlieger, Charles Joshua Chaplin, Matthew Paris, Xia Gui, and Aert van der Neer. After him are Giampietrino, Amélie Lundahl, Isaac Israëls, Henri Le Sidaner, Paul Émile Chabas, and Wilhelm Leibl.

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Among people born in 1583, Jan Porcellis ranks 13. Before him are Pieter Lastman, Jacob De la Gardie, Orlando Gibbons, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Hayashi Razan. After him are Denis Pétau, Eleanor of Prussia, Iskandar Muda, Susanna Hall, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, and Philip Massinger. Among people deceased in 1632, Jan Porcellis ranks 19. Before him are Valentin de Boulogne, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Ludovico Ludovisi, Anna of Cleves, and Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz. After him are Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, Abraham Janssens, Albert Girard, David Vinckboons, Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Philippe van Lansberge.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Porcellis ranks 347 out of 1,190. Before him are Achille Van Acker (1898), Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866), René Jacobs (1946), Joseph Cardijn (1882), Gaston Eyskens (1905), and Georges Theunis (1873). After him are Lambert Lombard (1505), Wilfried Van Moer (1945), George Albert Boulenger (1858), Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651), Herri met de Bles (1480), and François-Joseph Fétis (1784).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Porcellis ranks 62. Before him are Antoine Wiertz (1806), Joachim Beuckelaer (1533), Michiel Coxie (1499), Gaspar de Crayer (1584), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), and Frans Hogenberg (1535). After him are Herri met de Bles (1480), Frans Francken the Younger (1581), Jan Wildens (1586), Stradanus (1523), David Teniers the Elder (1582), and Abraham Janssens (1570).

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