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Jan Wildens

1586 - 1653

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Jan Wildens (1586 in Antwerp – 16 October 1653 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman specializing in landscapes. His Realist landscapes show an eye for detail and have a serene character. He was a regular collaborator with Rubens and other leading Flemish Baroque painters of his generation in whose compositions he painted the landscapes. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Wildens is the 1,002nd most popular painter (up from 1,063rd in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 384th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan Wildens ranks 1,002 out of 2,023Before her are Mór Than, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Giovanni di Paolo, Richard Estes, and Antonio López García. After her are Nikolai Yaroshenko, Cy Twombly, Emanuel Leutze, David Roberts, Adriaen Coorte, and Taddeo Zuccari.

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Among people born in 1586, Jan Wildens ranks 9Before her are Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Pietro Della Valle, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Johann Schein, and Pau Claris i Casademunt. After her are Niccolò Zucchi, Théophraste Renaudot, Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard, John Ford, Alessandro Grandi, and Leo Allatius. Among people deceased in 1653, Jan Wildens ranks 8Before her are Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Maarten Tromp, Gabriel Naudé, Luigi Rossi, Robert Filmer, and Simon de Vlieger. After her are Adriaen van Utrecht, Lucrezia Marinella, Théophraste Renaudot, Claudius Salmasius, and Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Wildens ranks 371 out of 1,190Before her are Willy Mairesse (1928), Sylvère Maes (1909), Paul Janssen (1926), Frans Francken the Younger (1581), Nicholas, Count of Salm (1459), and Franciscus Gomarus (1563). After her are Freddy Maertens (1952), Paul Anspach (1882), Félix Ravaisson-Mollien (1813), Gaston Reiff (1921), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), and Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872).

Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Wildens ranks 65Before her are Gaspar de Crayer (1584), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Frans Hogenberg (1535), Jan Porcellis (1583), Herri met de Bles (1480), and Frans Francken the Younger (1581). After her are Stradanus (1523), David Teniers the Elder (1582), Abraham Janssens (1570), Denis Calvaert (1540), Joris Hoefnagel (1542), and Adriaen van Utrecht (1599).