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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 65,936 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Caspar van Wittel is the 994th most popular painter (up from 1,004th in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 409th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Caspar van Wittel ranks 994 out of 2,023. Before him are George Maciunas, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Max Slevogt, Władysław Podkowiński, Anton Janša, and Marco Basaiti. After him are Walter Crane, Petr Brandl, Mario Minniti, Abanindranath Tagore, Hans von Marées, and Lee Krasner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1653, Caspar van Wittel ranks 13. Before him are Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Georg Muffat, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Maria Amalia of Courland, Carlo Ruzzini, and Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. After him are Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg, Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg, John Benbow, and Muhammad Azam Shah. Among people deceased in 1736, Caspar van Wittel ranks 12. Before him are Antonio Caldara, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Filippo Juvarra, Theophan Prokopovich, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, and Louise Diane d'Orléans. After him are René Duguay-Trouin, Emanuele d'Astorga, António Manoel de Vilhena, and Nicholas Hawksmoor.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Caspar van Wittel ranks 414 out of 1,646. Before him are Philip de Koninck (1619), Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635), Roche Braziliano (1630), Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), and Ronald de Boer (1970). After him are Adriaen van de Venne (1589), Jordi Cruyff (1974), Jan Janssonius (1588), Co Adriaanse (1947), George Knobel (1922), and Adriaan Blaauw (1914).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Caspar van Wittel ranks 94. Before him are Simon de Vlieger (1601), Cornelis Engebrechtsz. (1468), Allaert van Everdingen (1621), Paulus Moreelse (1571), Philip de Koninck (1619), and Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635). After him are Adriaen van de Venne (1589), Matthias Stom (1600), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), Adriaen van der Werff (1659), Jan Miense Molenaer (1610), and Thomas de Keyser (1596).

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