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André Charles Boulle

1642 - 1732

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André-Charles Boulle (11 November 1642 – 29 February 1732), le joailler du meuble (the "furniture jeweller"), became the most famous French cabinetmaker and the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry, also known as "inlay". Boulle was "the most remarkable of all French cabinetmakers". Jean-Baptiste Colbert (29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) recommended him to Louis XIV of France, the "Sun King" (r. 1643–1715), as "the most skilled craftsman in his profession". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Charles Boulle has received more than 188,806 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). André Charles Boulle is the 34th most popular artist (up from 35th in 2019), the 1,607th most popular biography from France (down from 1,457th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Artist.

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  • 24

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, André Charles Boulle ranks 34 out of 125. Before him are Edward Burne-Jones, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ulay, Akira Yoshizawa, Bernt Notke, and Méret Oppenheim. After him are Barnett Newman, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Marcel Janco, John Heartfield, Jeff Koons, and Marianne Brandt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, André Charles Boulle ranks 7. Before him are Mehmed IV, Suleiman II, Gülnuş Sultan, Johann Christoph Bach, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Shitao. After him are Ihara Saikaku, Andrea Pozzo, Seki Takakazu, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, and Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins. Among people deceased in 1732, André Charles Boulle ranks 5. Before him are Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Emperor Reigen, Woodes Rogers, and Louis Marchand. After him are John Gay, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Marie Thérèse de Bourbon.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Charles Boulle ranks 1,607 out of 6,770. Before him are Marcel Renault (1872), Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Claude, Duke of Guise (1496), Joseph Gallieni (1849), Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (1260), and Theobald III, Count of Champagne (1179). After him are Hugh of Cluny (1024), Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836), Henry Corbin (1903), Adélaïde d'Orléans (1777), Miou-Miou (1950), and François de Malherbe (1555).

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Among ARTISTS In France

Among artists born in France, André Charles Boulle ranks 5. Before him are Marcel Duchamp (1887), Yves Klein (1928), Jean Arp (1886), and Émile Gallé (1846). After him are Nicholas of Verdun (1130), and Annette Messager (1943).

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