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Willem van Aelst

1627 - 1679

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Willem van Aelst (16 May 1627 – buried 22 May 1683) was a Dutch Golden Age artist who specialized in still-life painting with flowers or game. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willem van Aelst is the 506th most popular painter (up from 521st in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 215th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Dutch Painter.

Willem van Aelst is most famous for his paintings of biblical scenes and portraits.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Willem van Aelst ranks 506 out of 2,023. Before him are Carlo Dolci, John La Farge, Anselm Feuerbach, Jan Lievens, Antonis Mor, and Peter Fendi. After him are Ivan Bilibin, Fernand Cormon, Jean Clouet, Zinaida Serebriakova, Dirck van Baburen, and Pompeo Batoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1627, Willem van Aelst ranks 10. Before him are Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, John Ray, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Aşub Sultan, and Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Petro Doroshenko, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Murad Giray, Johann Caspar Kerll, John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Georg Eberhard Rumphius. Among people deceased in 1679, Willem van Aelst ranks 11. Before him are Anne Conway, Joost van den Vondel, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, John of Austria the Younger, and Marie de Rohan. After him are Jean François Paul de Gondi, Francesco Barberini, Jan van Kessel the Elder, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Margherita de' Medici, and Abraham Mignon.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem van Aelst ranks 201 out of 1,646. Before him are Anton Mussert (1894), Peter Stuyvesant (1612), Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976), Willem Mengelberg (1871), Jan Lievens (1607), and Antonis Mor (1519). After him are Jan Ingenhousz (1730), Dirck van Baburen (1595), Johannes Heesters (1903), Abraham Kuyper (1837), Peter Bosz (1963), and William I, Count of Hainaut (1287).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Willem van Aelst ranks 46. Before him are Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627), Ary Scheffer (1795), Abraham Bloemaert (1566), Jan van Scorel (1495), Jan Lievens (1607), and Antonis Mor (1519). After him are Dirck van Baburen (1595), Salomon van Ruysdael (1602), Johan Jongkind (1819), Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588), Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1460), and Willem Kalf (1619).

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