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Caspar van Wittel

1653 - 1736

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Caspar van Wittel or Gaspar van Wittel (Dutch: [ˈkɑspɑr vɑɱ ˈʋɪtəl, ˈɡɑs-]; born Jasper Adriaensz van Wittel; 1652 or 1653 – 13 September 1736), known in Italian as Gaspare Vanvitelli (IPA: [ˈɡaspare vaɱviˈtɛlli]) or Gasparo degli Occhiali (IPA: [ˈɡasparo deʎʎ okˈkjaːli]), was a Dutch painter and draughtsman who had a long career in Rome. He played a pivotal role in the development of the genre of topographical painting known as veduta. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caspar van Wittel has received more than 59,468 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Caspar van Wittel is the 1,005th most popular painter, the 410th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 93rd most popular Dutch Painter.

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  • 59k

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  • 52.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Caspar van Wittel ranks 1,005 out of 1,421. Before him are Il Pordenone, Arthur Hughes, John Frederick Kensett, Prospero Fontana, Cornelis de Vos, and Adriaen van de Venne. After him are Othon Friesz, François-Auguste Biard, Jaume Huguet, Leonaert Bramer, Sam Francis, and Antoine Coypel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1653, Caspar van Wittel ranks 12. Before him are André-Hercule de Fleury, Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Georg Muffat, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Maria Amalia of Courland, and Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. After him are Carlo Ruzzini, Muhammad Azam Shah, and Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg. Among people deceased in 1736, Caspar van Wittel ranks 13. Before him are Stephen Gray, Filippo Juvarra, Louise Diane d'Orléans, René Duguay-Trouin, Theophan Prokopovich, and Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann. After him are Emanuele d'Astorga, António Manoel de Vilhena, Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and Nicholas Hawksmoor.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Caspar van Wittel ranks 410 out of 1,427. Before him are Cornelis Cort (1533), Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625), Herman Snellen (1834), Pieter Both (1568), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), and Adriaen van de Venne (1589). After him are Louis Couperus (1863), Ronald de Boer (1970), Johannes Willebrands (1909), Leonaert Bramer (1596), Colonel Tom Parker (1909), and Henk ten Cate (1954).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Caspar van Wittel ranks 93. Before him are Thomas de Keyser (1596), Isaac van Ostade (1621), Willem Drost (1633), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), Cornelis Cort (1533), and Adriaen van de Venne (1589). After him are Leonaert Bramer (1596), Anthon van Rappard (1858), Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621), Isaac Israëls (1865), Frans Post (1612), and Caesar van Everdingen (1616).

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