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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 185,930 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). André Charles Boulle is the 35th most popular artist (up from 463rd in 2019), the 1,462nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,415th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Artist.

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  • 22

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, André Charles Boulle ranks 35 out of 78. Before him are Edward Burne-Jones, Ai Weiwei, Akira Yoshizawa, Barnett Newman, Méret Oppenheim, and Bernt Notke. After him are Louis Comfort Tiffany, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Theo Jansen, John Heartfield, Marcel Janco, and Herbert Bayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, André Charles Boulle ranks 8. Before him are Suleiman II, Gülnuş Sultan, Andrea Pozzo, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Johann Christoph Bach, and Shitao. After him are Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Ihara Saikaku, Seki Takakazu, Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, and Zheng Jing. Among people deceased in 1732, André Charles Boulle ranks 3. Before him are Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and Emperor Reigen. After him are Louis Marchand, Woodes Rogers, Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, John Gay, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, and Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Charles Boulle ranks 1,462 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753), Marcel Petiot (1897), Bob Denard (1929), Louis de Bonald (1754), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), and Odo of Cluny (878). After him are Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336), Sebastian Castellio (1515), Emmanuelle Béart (1963), Chris Marker (1921), and Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773).

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Among ARTISTS In France

Among artists born in France, André Charles Boulle ranks 5. Before him are Marcel Duchamp (1887), Jean Arp (1886), Yves Klein (1928), and Émile Gallé (1846).

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