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Pieter Coecke van Aelst

1502 - 1550

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Pieter Coecke van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder (Aalst, 14 August 1502 – Brussels, 6 December 1550) was a Flemish painter, sculptor, architect, author and designer of woodcuts, goldsmith's work, stained glass and tapestries. His principal subjects were Christian religious themes. He hailed from the Duchy of Brabant, worked in Antwerp and Brussels, and was appointed court painter to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Coecke van Aelst was a polyglot. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pieter Coecke van Aelst is the 313th most popular painter (up from 340th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 122nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Belgian Painter.

Pieter Coecke van Aelst is most famous for his paintings, which are a mix of realism and symbolism.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Pieter Coecke van Aelst ranks 313 out of 2,023. Before him are Jan Brueghel the Younger, Helene Schjerfbeck, Marie Bashkirtseff, Karel van Mander, Lorenzo Costa, and František Kupka. After him are Daniele da Volterra, Pierre Mignard, Carl Spitzweg, Shitao, Anton Mauve, and Giacomo Balla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1502, Pieter Coecke van Aelst ranks 6. Before him are Hurrem Sultan, Pope Gregory XIII, Atahualpa, John III of Portugal, and La Malinche. After him are Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Miguel López de Legazpi, Thomas Tallis, Pedro Nunes, Heinrich Aldegrever, and Otto Henry, Elector Palatine. Among people deceased in 1550, Pieter Coecke van Aelst ranks 2. Before him is John of God. After him are Jang-geum, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Andrea Alciato, Claude, Duke of Guise, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Sebald Beham, Tabinshwehti, Françoise d'Alençon, Pir Sultan Abdal, and Gian Giorgio Trissino.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pieter Coecke van Aelst ranks 111 out of 1,190. Before him are Anne of France (1461), Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), Guy Verhofstadt (1953), Karel van Mander (1548), Jacob Obrecht (1457), and Justus Lipsius (1547). After him are Peyo (1928), Jean-Marie Pfaff (1953), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Elio Di Rupo (1951), Félicien Rops (1833), and Leo Baekeland (1863).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Pieter Coecke van Aelst ranks 19. Before him are Philippe de Champaigne (1602), Paul Delvaux (1897), Joachim Patinir (1480), Pieter Claesz (1596), Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), and Karel van Mander (1548). After him are Félicien Rops (1833), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Frans Snyders (1579), Catharina van Hemessen (1528), David Teniers the Younger (1610), and Bartholomeus Spranger (1546).

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