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Jan Sanders van Hemessen

1500 - 1566

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Jan Sanders van Hemessen (c. 1500 – c. 1566) was a leading Flemish Renaissance painter, belonging to the group of Italianizing Flemish painters called the Romanists, who were influenced by Italian Renaissance painting. Van Hemessen had visited Italy during the 1520s, and also Fontainebleau near Paris in the mid 1530s, where he was able to view the work of the colony of Italian artists known as the First School of Fontainebleau, who were working on the decorations for the Palace of Fontainebleau. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Sanders van Hemessen is the 1,113th most popular painter (down from 959th in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 346th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan Sanders van Hemessen ranks 1,113 out of 2,023. Before him are Giovanni Fattori, Li Tang, Dora Carrington, Othon Friesz, Francisco Bayeu y Subías, and Adolf Wölfli. After him are Antonio Tempesta, David Vinckboons, Carl Andre, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, Isaac van Ostade, and Carlos Schwabe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Jan Sanders van Hemessen ranks 36. Before him are Francisco de Bobadilla, Jacob Hutter, Muhammad XIII of Granada, Tielman Susato, Francisco Serrão, and Jan Mandijn. After him are Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, Gómez Pereira, Robert de Nola, Luis de Narváez, Caupolicán, and Nuno Tristão. Among people deceased in 1566, Jan Sanders van Hemessen ranks 14. Before him are Leonhart Fuchs, Antonio de Cabezón, Sigismund von Herberstein, Margaret Paleologa, Lambert Lombard, and Taddeo Zuccari. After him are Francisco López de Gómara, Guillaume Rondelet, Christopher, Count of Oldenburg, Johannes Agricola, David Rizzio, and Marco Girolamo Vida.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Sanders van Hemessen ranks 406 out of 1,190. Before him are Daniel Van Buyten (1978), Gustaaf Wappers (1803), Aelbrecht Bouts (1450), Gaston Roelants (1937), Julien Ries (1920), and Adrien-François Servais (1807). After him are David Vinckboons (1576), Briek Schotte (1919), George Washington (1871), Jean-Marc Bosman (1964), Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), and Paul de Man (1919).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Sanders van Hemessen ranks 74. Before him are Abraham Janssens (1570), Denis Calvaert (1540), Joris Hoefnagel (1542), Adriaen van Utrecht (1599), Gustaaf Wappers (1803), and Aelbrecht Bouts (1450). After him are David Vinckboons (1576), Joos de Momper (1564), Corneille Guillaume Beverloo (1922), Lucas van Valckenborch (1535), Emile Claus (1849), and Michiel Sweerts (1618).

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