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Judith Leyster

1609 - 1660

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Judith Jans Leyster (also Leijster; baptised July 28, 1609 – February 10, 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, portraits, and still lifes. Her work was highly regarded by her contemporaries, but largely forgotten after her death. Her entire oeuvre came to be attributed to Frans Hals or to her husband, Jan Miense Molenaer. In 1893, she was rediscovered and scholars began to attribute her works correctly. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Judith Leyster is the 255th most popular painter (up from 279th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 115th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Dutch Painter.

Judith Leyster was a Dutch painter who is most famous for her painting "The Milkmaid" which was made in 1660.

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Among painters, Judith Leyster ranks 255 out of 2,023. Before her are Alexandre Cabanel, Baldassare Peruzzi, Kees van Dongen, Edwin Landseer, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, and Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād. After her are István Sándorfi, Hans Holbein the Elder, Sebastiano del Piombo, Antoine-Jean Gros, Joshua Reynolds, and Henri Fantin-Latour.

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Among people born in 1609, Judith Leyster ranks 4. Before her are Henrietta Maria of France, John II Casimir Vasa, and Frederick III of Denmark. After her are Raimondo Montecuccoli, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Hanzade Sultan, and Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Among people deceased in 1660, Judith Leyster ranks 6. Before her are Diego Velázquez, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Vincent de Paul, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, and William Oughtred. After her are Pieter Claesz, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Francesco Albani, Louise de Marillac, Gevherhan Sultan, and George II Rákóczi.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Judith Leyster ranks 98 out of 1,646. Before her are Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836), Rob Rensenbrink (1947), Kees van Dongen (1877), Menno Simons (1496), and Multatuli (1820). After her are William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Dick Advocaat (1947), Hendrick Avercamp (1585), Gerard ter Borch (1617), Carel Fabritius (1622), and Gerrit Dou (1613).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Judith Leyster ranks 19. Before her are Petrus Christus (1410), Gerard van Honthorst (1592), Jan van Goyen (1596), Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836), and Kees van Dongen (1877). After her are Hendrick Avercamp (1585), Gerard ter Borch (1617), Carel Fabritius (1622), Gerrit Dou (1613), Pieter Aertsen (1508), and Lucas van Leyden (1494).

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