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Juan Sánchez Cotán

1560 - 1627

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Juan Sánchez Cotán (June 25, 1560 – September 8, 1627) was a Spanish Baroque painter, a pioneer of realism in Spain. His still lifes and bodegones were painted in an austere style, especially when compared to similar works in the Netherlands and Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Sánchez Cotán is the 669th most popular painter (up from 748th in 2019), the 592nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 679th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Spanish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Juan Sánchez Cotán ranks 669 out of 2,023Before him are Jan Toorop, Leonid Pasternak, Jannis Kounellis, Cindy Sherman, Nicolas de Staël, and Jack Butler Yeats. After him are Achille Devéria, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Mikhail Nesterov, Bartolomeo Manfredi, Anton Graff, and Valentin de Boulogne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Juan Sánchez Cotán ranks 11Before him are Gaspard Bauhin, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Thomas Cavendish, Anton Praetorius, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, and Christian I, Elector of Saxony. After him are Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Marco Antonio de Dominis, Heinrich Khunrath, and Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. Among people deceased in 1627, Juan Sánchez Cotán ranks 8Before him are Luis de Góngora, Tianqi Emperor, Frederick de Houtman, Wei Zhongxian, Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier. After him are Francesco Maria del Monte, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Olivier van Noort, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, and Guðbrandur Þorláksson.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Sánchez Cotán ranks 592 out of 3,355Before him are José Ángel Iribar (1943), Elvira de Hidalgo (1891), Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily (1103), Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867), Cesc Fàbregas (1987), and George Meade (1815). After him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1475), José Antonio Aguirre (1904), Caterina Albert (1869), Javier Clemente (1950), Fernán González of Castile (910), and Josep Pla (1897).

Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Juan Sánchez Cotán ranks 18Before him are Francisco Pacheco (1564), Remedios Varo (1908), Marià Fortuny (1838), Santiago Rusiñol (1861), Josefa de Óbidos (1630), and Alonso Sánchez Coello (1531). After him are Francisco Herrera the Elder (1576), Ramon Casas (1866), Luis de Morales (1509), Julio González (1876), Juan de Valdés Leal (1622), and Alonso Berruguete (1488).