PAINTER

Michael Sittow

1459 - 1525

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Michael Sittow (c. 1469 – 1525), also known as Master Michiel, Michel Sittow, Michiel, Miguel, and several other variants, was a painter from Reval (Tallinn), now capital of Estonia, who was trained in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. For most of his life, Sittow worked as a court portrait painter, for Isabella of Castile and her Habsburg relatives in Spain and the Netherlands, and other prominent royal houses. He is considered one of the most important Netherlandish painters of the era. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Sittow is the 653rd most popular painter (down from 604th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 32nd in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Michael Sittow ranks 653 out of 2,023. Before him are Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Thomas Eakins, Jan Kupecký, Peter Snayers, Joos van Cleve, and Agnolo Gaddi. After him are Francesco Solimena, Emanuel de Witte, Jozef Israëls, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Bernardo Daddi, and Balthasar van der Ast.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1459, Michael Sittow ranks 13. Before him are Lorenzo di Credi, John I Albert, Charles, Count of Angoulême, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Cima da Conegliano, and Conrad Celtes. After him are Nicholas, Count of Salm, Hadım Sinan Pasha, John I, Count Palatine of Simmern, Jean Mouton, and Yusuf Adil Shah. Among people deceased in 1525, Michael Sittow ranks 10. Before him are Jakob Fugger, Huayna Capac, Pietro Pomponazzi, Florian Geyer, Andrea della Robbia, and Eleanor of Viseu. After him are Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Fernando d'Ávalos, Davide Ghirlandaio, Franciabigio, Boccaccio Boccaccino, and Lambert Simnel.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Michael Sittow ranks 36 out of 351. Before him are Kersti Kaljulaid (1969), Lydia Koidula (1843), Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770), Alexander Gorchakov (1798), Ilon Wikland (1930), and Neeme Järvi (1937). After him are Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819), Marie Under (1883), Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622), Leonid Kulik (1883), Hermann von Keyserling (1880), and Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland (1601).

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Among PAINTERS In Estonia

Among painters born in Estonia, Michael Sittow ranks 1. After him are Eugen Dücker (1841), Konrad Mägi (1878), Johann Köler (1826), Amandus Adamson (1855), Ants Laikmaa (1866), and Paul Raud (1865).

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