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Constantin Hansen

1804 - 1880

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Carl Christian Constantin Hansen (Constantin Hansen) (3 November 1804 – 29 March 1880) was one of the painters associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He was deeply interested in literature and mythology, and inspired by art historian Niels Laurits Høyen, he tried to recreate a national historical painting based on Norse mythology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Constantin Hansen has received more than 67,457 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Constantin Hansen is the 1,111th most popular painter (down from 874th in 2019), the 2,620th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,203rd in 2019) and the 223rd most popular Italian Painter.

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  • 53.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Constantin Hansen ranks 1,111 out of 2,023. Before him are Antonio Tempesta, Caspar Netscher, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, Anthon van Rappard, Carlos Schwabe, and Jaume Huguet. After him are Nikolai Yaroshenko, Stanisław Szukalski, Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Adolf Wölfli, Frank Dicksee, and Michiel Sweerts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Constantin Hansen ranks 42. Before him are Daniele Manin, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Louis-François-Clement Breguet, Louise Farrenc, Aleksey Khomyakov, and John Gould. After him are Jim Bridger, Victor Schœlcher, Pierre François Verhulst, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Mariana Pineda, and Jules Dupuit. Among people deceased in 1880, Constantin Hansen ranks 30. Before him are Friedrich Bayer, Jules Favre, Raden Saleh, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, and Robert Fortune. After him are Edwin Drake, Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Karl Friedrich Lessing, August Karl von Goeben, Alphonse Pénaud, and Arthur Morin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Constantin Hansen ranks 2,620 out of 5,161. Before him are Roberto Fiore (1959), Marcia (33), Tonino Delli Colli (1923), Christian Panucci (1973), Lanza del Vasto (1901), and Marcantonio Memmo (1536). After him are Odoardo Farnese (1573), Odoardo Beccari (1843), Ottavia Piccolo (1949), Pasquale Cicogna (1509), Thrasybulus of Syracuse (-500), and Alexander of Bergamo (201).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Constantin Hansen ranks 223. Before him are Moretto da Brescia (1498), Bonaventura Berlinghieri (1210), Carlo Cignani (1628), Giovanni Battista Crespi (1573), Luis Egidio Meléndez (1716), and Antonio Tempesta (1555). After him are Lorenzo Lippi (1606), Boccaccio Boccaccino (1460), Giovanni Fattori (1825), Ugolino di Nerio (1280), Taddeo di Bartolo (1362), and Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841).

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