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Antoine Pesne

1683 - 1757

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Antoine Pesne (French pronunciation: [pɛːn]) (29 May 1683 – 5 August 1757) was a French-born court painter of Prussia. Starting in the manner of baroque, he became one of the fathers of rococo in painting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Pesne has received more than 53,948 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Antoine Pesne is the 1,025th most popular painter (down from 991st in 2019), the 2,862nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,839th in 2019) and the 175th most popular French Painter.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Antoine Pesne ranks 1,025 out of 2,023. Before him are Matthias Stom, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Jacques-Laurent Agasse, Eero Järnefelt, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, and Christoph Amberger. After him are Ludwig Richter, Winslow Homer, Franz Kline, Jean-Louis Forain, Li Cheng, and Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1683, Antoine Pesne ranks 16. Before him are Gottfried Silbermann, Christoph Graupner, Edward Young, Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, and Johann David Heinichen. After him are Lorenz Heister, Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Giovanni Poleni, Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Jonathan Wild, and Mark Catesby. Among people deceased in 1757, Antoine Pesne ranks 15. Before him are Siraj ud-Daulah, Robert-François Damiens, 7th Dalai Lama, David Hartley, Amursana, and Bulleh Shah. After him are Edward Vernon, Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Johann Samuel König, Vakhushti of Kartli, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, and Princess Caroline of Great Britain.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Pesne ranks 2,862 out of 6,770. Before him are Andréa Ferréol (1947), Jean Pierre Flourens (1794), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Pierre André de Suffren (1729), Adolf Wagner (1890), and François-Jean de la Barre (1745). After him are William Waddington (1826), Michel Berger (1947), Pierre Arditi (1944), Benoît Jacquot (1947), Drogo of Hauteville (1010), and Antoine Brumel (1460).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Antoine Pesne ranks 175. Before him are Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803), André Beauneveu (1330), Claude Gillot (1673), Jean-Jacques Henner (1829), Édouard Detaille (1848), and Charles Angrand (1854). After him are Jean-Louis Forain (1852), Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809), Laurent de La Hyre (1606), Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744), Georges Mathieu (1921), and Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768).

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