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Amasis Painter

550 BC - 510 BC

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The Amasis Painter (active around 550–510 BC in Athens) was an ancient Greek vase painter who worked in the black-figure technique. He owes his name to the signature of the potter Amasis ("Amasis made me"), who signed twelve works painted by the same hand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amasis Painter has received more than 52,814 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Amasis Painter is the 1,371st most popular painter (down from 1,143rd in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 547th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Painter.

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  • 51.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Amasis Painter ranks 1,371 out of 2,023. Before him are Dai Jin, Joseph Duplessis, Otto Marseus van Schrieck, Aloïse Corbaz, Alan Lee, and Edwin Landseer. After him are Vitale da Bologna, Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz, Fanny Brate, Rudolf von Alt, John Trumbull, and Amélie Lundahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550 BC, Amasis Painter ranks 31. Before him are Aristodemus of Cumae, King Jing of Zhou, Alcetas I of Macedon, Nitocris of Babylon, Mago I of Carthage, and Aryenis. After him are Marcus Valerius Volusus, Brygos Painter, and Hasdrubal I of Carthage. Among people deceased in 510 BC, Amasis Painter ranks 4. Before him are Emperor Annei, Cleobulus, and Ariston of Sparta.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Amasis Painter ranks 443 out of 642. Before him are Al-Ashraf Sha'ban (1353), Bat Ye'or (1933), Majida El Roumi (1956), Hafez Ibrahim (1872), Zakaria Mohieddin (1918), and Al-Mansur Abu Bakr (1321). After him are Yusuf Idris (1927), Essam El Hadary (1973), Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria (200), Isidore of Alexandria (450), Georges Guétary (1915), and Ali Gomaa (1952).

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Among PAINTERS In Egypt

Among painters born in Egypt, Amasis Painter ranks 2. Before him are Antiphilus (-400). After him are Inji Aflatoun (1924), Ghada Amer (1963), and Fathi Hassan (1957).

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