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Justus van Gent

1430 - 1480

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Justus van Gent or Joos van Wassenhove (c. 1410 – c. 1480) was an Early Netherlandish painter, perhaps from Ghent, who after training and working in Flanders later moved to Italy where he worked for Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino, and was known as Giusto da Guanto, or in modern Italian Giusto di Gand etc. The artist is known for his religious compositions executed in the early Netherlandish idiom and a series of portraits of famous men, which show the influence of early Italian Renaissance painting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Justus van Gent is the 710th most popular painter (down from 532nd in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 175th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Justus van Gent ranks 710 out of 2,023. Before him are Roberto Ferruzzi, Han Gan, Victorine Meurent, Eugene de Blaas, Philip de Koninck, and Dong Qichang. After him are Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Masaaki Hatsumi, Pedro Berruguete, Aert de Gelder, Paul Gustav Fischer, and Maurycy Gottlieb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1430, Justus van Gent ranks 13. Before him are Dorothea of Brandenburg, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Cosimo Tura, Antoine Busnois, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, and Francesco Laurana. After him are Oliviero Carafa, Uhwudong, Desiderio da Settignano, Fernando II, Duke of Braganza, Nicolas Froment, and Francesco II Acciaioli. Among people deceased in 1480, Justus van Gent ranks 6. Before him are Jean Fouquet, René of Anjou, Jan Długosz, Antonio Vivarini, and Basarab the Old. After him are Uhwudong, Janibek Khan, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg, Eleanor of Scotland, and Nicolas Jenson.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Justus van Gent ranks 255 out of 1,190. Before him are John Langenus (1891), Emile Vandervelde (1866), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), Lambert I, Count of Louvain (1000), Philippe Thys (1889), and Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1570). After him are Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (1607), Thierry Boutsen (1957), Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Jean Absil (1893), Jodocus Hondius (1563), and Chrodegang (715).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Justus van Gent ranks 47. Before him are Paul Bril (1556), Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), Melchior Broederlam (1355), Théo van Rysselberghe (1862), Peter Snayers (1592), and Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1570). After him are Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (1607), Justus Sustermans (1597), Jan Fyt (1611), Frans Floris (1519), Jan Provoost (1465), and Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573).

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