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Michiel Sweerts

1618 - 1664

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Michiel Sweerts or Michael Sweerts (29 September 1618 – 1 June 1664) was a Flemish painter and printmaker of the Baroque period, who is known for his allegorical and genre paintings, portraits and tronies. The artist led an itinerant life and worked in Rome, Brussels, Amsterdam, Persia and India (Goa). While in Rome Sweerts became linked to the group of Dutch and Flemish painters of low-life scenes known as the Bamboccianti. Sweerts' contributions to the Bamboccianti genre display generally greater stylistic mastery and social-philosophical sensitivity than the other artists working in this manner. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michiel Sweerts is the 1,181st most popular painter (down from 1,117th in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 401st in 2019) and the 80th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Michiel Sweerts ranks 1,181 out of 2,023. Before him are Guariento di Arpo, Jacques-Émile Blanche, Giovanni Battista Crespi, Maso di Banco, Mariam Aslamazian, and Antoine Coypel. After him are Marcel Broodthaers, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Ambrosius Holbein, Antiphilus, Jan Rustem, and Douris.

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Among people born in 1618, Michiel Sweerts ranks 13. Before him are François Pierre La Varenne, François Blondel, Vittoria Farnese, Peter Lely, Juraj Križanić, and Jan Dirksz Both. After him are Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, and Abraham Cowley. Among people deceased in 1664, Michiel Sweerts ranks 15. Before him are Henry II, Duke of Guise, William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Jan Janssonius, Salomon de Bray, and Élisabeth de Bourbon. After him are Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau, Guru Har Krishan, Cornelis Pietersz Bega, and Reinier Nooms.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Michiel Sweerts ranks 436 out of 1,190. Before him are Benoît Sokal (1954), Emile Claus (1849), Raymond Braine (1907), Charles de Broqueville (1860), Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium (1956), and Wim Mertens (1953). After him are Prince Laurent of Belgium (1963), Maurice De Waele (1896), Marcel Broodthaers (1924), Joseph Decaisne (1807), Justine Henin (1982), and Jacques Moeschal (1900).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Michiel Sweerts ranks 80. Before him are Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500), David Vinckboons (1576), Joos de Momper (1564), Corneille Guillaume Beverloo (1922), Lucas van Valckenborch (1535), and Emile Claus (1849). After him are Marcel Broodthaers (1924), Cornelis Schut (1597), Constant Permeke (1886), Adriaen Isenbrandt (1490), Eugène Boch (1855), and Alfred Stevens (1823).

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