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Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech

1591 - 1624

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Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591/92 – September 23, 1624) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is one of the early specialists in the merry company type of subject in Dutch genre painting. His contemporaries named him “Gheestige Willem” (Jolly or spirited William). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech is the 1,367th most popular painter (down from 1,191st in 2019), the 566th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 503rd in 2019) and the 122nd most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among painters, Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech ranks 1,367 out of 2,023. Before him are Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, Vladimir Makovsky, Vitale da Bologna, Evert van Aelst, Kuroda Seiki, and Boris Yefimov. After him are Ana Mendieta, Louis Gallait, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Valerio Adami, Bartolo di Fredi, and Christian Schad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1591, Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech ranks 18. Before him are Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Olimpia Maidalchini, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, Andrew Bobola, Friedrich Spee, and Dirck Hals. After him are Johann von Werth, George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Anne Hutchinson, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, and Robert Herrick. Among people deceased in 1624, Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech ranks 13. Before him are Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Fukushima Masanori, Ketevan the Martyr, Marco Antonio de Dominis, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, and Juan de Mariana. After him are Sebastián Vizcaíno, Francesco Contarini, Vicente Espinel, and Thomas van Erpe.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech ranks 566 out of 1,646. Before him are Suzanne Manet (1829), Candy Dulfer (1969), Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911), Evert van Aelst (1602), Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), and Bertus Aafjes (1914). After him are Maruschka Detmers (1962), Bartholomeus Breenbergh (1598), Pieter Willem Korthals (1807), Richard Witschge (1969), Menno van Coehoorn (1641), and Barry Hulshoff (1946).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech ranks 122. Before him are Jan Mostaert (1475), Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619), Jan van Bijlert (1597), Jan de Bray (1627), Suzanne Manet (1829), and Evert van Aelst (1602). After him are Bartholomeus Breenbergh (1598), Dirk van der Aa (1731), Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596), Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (1562), Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876), and Corneille de Lyon (1500).

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