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Stradanus

1523 - 1605

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Johannes Stradanus (Dutch Jan van der Straet or Italian Giovanni Stradano; 1523 – 2 November 1605) was a Flemish artist active mainly in 16th-century Florence, Italy. He was a wide-ranging talent who worked as an easel and fresco painter, designer of tapestries, draughtsman, designer of prints and pottery decorator. His subject range was varied and included history subjects, mythological scenes, allegories, landscapes, genre scenes, portraits, architectural scenes and animals. After training in his native Flanders, he left his home country and ultimately settled down in Florence, Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stradanus is the 1,027th most popular painter (down from 844th in 2019), the 379th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 306th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Stradanus ranks 1,027 out of 2,023. Before him are László Mednyánszky, Louis Marcoussis, Xu Beihong, Hans Thoma, Dirck Hals, and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant. After him are Francesc Ribalta, Allan Kaprow, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, Xu Wei, Constance Mayer, and José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1523, Stradanus ranks 10. Before him are Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Blaise de Vigenère, Marco Antonio Bragadin, Gulbadan Begum, Charles de Bourbon, and Gaspara Stampa. After him are Catherine Carey, Pieter Pourbus, and Jan Blahoslav. Among people deceased in 1605, Stradanus ranks 16. Before him are Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Theodore Beza, Naresuan, Jan Zamoyski, Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha, and Orazio Vecchi. After him are Heinrich Khunrath, Marino Grimani, and Robert Catesby.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Stradanus ranks 379 out of 1,190. Before him are Paul Anspach (1882), Félix Ravaisson-Mollien (1813), Gaston Reiff (1921), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872), and Jean Ray (1887). After him are André Delvaux (1926), Giaches de Wert (1535), Franky Vercauteren (1956), Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919), David Teniers the Elder (1582), and George Sarton (1884).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Stradanus ranks 66. Before him are Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Frans Hogenberg (1535), Jan Porcellis (1583), Herri met de Bles (1480), Frans Francken the Younger (1581), and Jan Wildens (1586). After him are David Teniers the Elder (1582), Abraham Janssens (1570), Denis Calvaert (1540), Joris Hoefnagel (1542), Adriaen van Utrecht (1599), and Gustaaf Wappers (1803).

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