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Maarten van Heemskerck

1498 - 1574

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Maarten van Heemskerck (born Maerten Jacobsz van Veen; 1 June 1498 – 1 October 1574), also known as Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen, was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adopted his teacher's Italian-influenced style. He spent the years 1532–36 in Italy. He produced many designs for engravers, and is especially known for his depictions of the Wonders of the World. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maarten van Heemskerck is the 407th most popular painter (down from 367th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 151st in 2019) and the 37th most popular Dutch Painter.

Maarten van Heemskerck is most famous for his paintings of the Dutch countryside, and for his portraits of the House of Orange.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 407 out of 2,023. Before him are Jules Pascin, Giambattista Pittoni, Joseph Kosuth, Georg Baselitz, Oskar Schlemmer, and Domenico Veneziano. After him are Norman Rockwell, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Koloman Moser, Lorenzo Monaco, Michael Wolgemut, and Federico Zuccari.

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Among people born in 1498, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 5. Before him are Eleanor of Austria, Katharina von Bora, Meera, and Giovanni dalle Bande Nere. After him are Giulio Clovio, Andrés de Urdaneta, Sophie of Pomerania, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, Hieronymus Bock, and Andreas Osiander. Among people deceased in 1574, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 9. Before him are Charles IX of France, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Renée of France, Bartolomeo Eustachi, and Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry. After him are Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, Ebussuud Efendi, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Guru Amar Das, and Louis of Nassau.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 154 out of 1,646. Before him are Paulus Potter (1625), Joris Ivens (1898), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), René van de Kerkhof (1951), and Johnny Rep (1951). After him are Corry Brokken (1932), Jeroen Krabbé (1944), Willy van de Kerkhof (1951), Frederick de Houtman (1571), Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), and Rodolphus Agricola (1443).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Maarten van Heemskerck ranks 37. Before him are Adriaen van Ostade (1610), Gabriël Metsu (1629), Ferdinand Bol (1616), Karel Appel (1921), Paulus Potter (1625), and Meindert Hobbema (1638). After him are Rachel Ruysch (1664), Pieter Lastman (1583), Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627), Ary Scheffer (1795), Abraham Bloemaert (1566), and Jan van Scorel (1495).

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