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Maerten de Vos

1532 - 1603

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Maerten de Vos, Maerten de Vos the Elder or Marten de Vos (1532 – 4 December 1603) was a Flemish painter. He is known mainly for his history and allegorical paintings and portraits. He was, together with the brothers Ambrosius Francken I and Frans Francken I, one of the leading history painters in the Spanish Netherlands after Frans Floris career slumped in the second half of the sixteenth century as a result of the Iconoclastic fury of the Beeldenstorm. De Vos was a prolific draughtsman and produced numerous designs for the Antwerp printers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maerten de Vos is the 487th most popular painter (up from 884th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 322nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Maerten de Vos ranks 487 out of 2,023. Before him are Wilhelm Busch, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Ernest Meissonier, Séraphine Louis, Jan van Scorel, and Giovanni Boldini. After him are Cennino Cennini, Théodore Chassériau, Maria Prymachenko, Matthäus Merian, Grant Wood, and Guo Xi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, Maerten de Vos ranks 5. Before him are John Hawkins, Tulsidas, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Yermak Timofeyevich. After him are Francis Walsingham, Luís Fróis, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, and Menocchio. Among people deceased in 1603, Maerten de Vos ranks 9. Before him are William Gilbert, François Viète, Grace O'Malley, Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Ahmad al-Mansur, and Andrea Cesalpino. After him are Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Şehzade Mahmud, Pierre Charron, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Irina Godunova.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Maerten de Vos ranks 177 out of 1,190. Before him are Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), Leo Tindemans (1922), Toots Thielemans (1922), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), and Gudula (646). After him are Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), Eric Walter Elst (1936), Paul Otlet (1868), Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Michel Preud'homme (1959), and Paul Van Himst (1943).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Maerten de Vos ranks 29. Before him are Catharina van Hemessen (1528), David Teniers the Younger (1610), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Jan Matsys (1509), and Abraham Brueghel (1631). After him are Fernand Khnopff (1858), Constantin Meunier (1831), Clara Peeters (1594), Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573), Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420), and Pierre Alechinsky (1927).

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