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Pieter Boel

1622 - 1674

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Pieter Boel or Peeter Boel (baptized on 10 October 1622 – 3 September 1674) was a Flemish painter, printmaker and tapestry designer. He specialised in lavish still lifes and animal paintings. He moved to Paris, where he worked in the gobelin factory and became a painter to the king. Pieter Boel revolutionized animal painting by working directly from live animals in a natural setting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pieter Boel is the 1,531st most popular painter (down from 1,294th in 2019), the 551st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 470th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Pieter Boel ranks 1,531 out of 2,023. Before him are Austin Osman Spare, Yun Shouping, David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, Edwin Austin Abbey, Apollinary Vasnetsov, and Godfried Schalcken. After him are Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, Giusto de' Menabuoi, Jacques d'Arthois, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Tomás Maldonado, and Henri Harpignies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1622, Pieter Boel ranks 18. Before him are Karel Dujardin, Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Dilras Banu Begum, Francisco Herrera the Younger, Johannes Lingelbach, and Louis de Buade de Frontenac. After him are Adrien Auzout, and Cort Adeler. Among people deceased in 1674, Pieter Boel ranks 18. Before him are Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Mehmed IV Giray, Matthias Weckmann, Ebba Brahe, Johannes Lingelbach, and Kanō Tan'yū. After him are Hu Zhengyan, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Karel Škréta, Robert Herrick, and Thomas Traherne.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pieter Boel ranks 551 out of 1,190. Before him are Georges Heylens (1941), Robert Waseige (1939), Jules de Burlet (1844), Hieronymus Cock (1518), Thomas Vermaelen (1985), and Guido Reybrouck (1941). After him are Jean Aerts (1907), Jacques d'Arthois (1613), Kim Clijsters (1983), Émilie Dequenne (1981), Jean Bourgain (1954), and Georges Ronsse (1906).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Pieter Boel ranks 99. Before him are Louis Gallait (1810), Jan Theuninck (1954), Theodoor Rombouts (1597), Joos van Craesbeeck (1605), Gonzales Coques (1614), and Hieronymus Cock (1518). After him are Jacques d'Arthois (1613), Frans Pourbus the Elder (1545), Rik Wouters (1882), Jan Fabre (1958), Levina Teerlinc (1510), and Daniel Seghers (1590).

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