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Ferdinand Bol

1616 - 1680

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Ferdinand Bol (24 June 1616 - 24 August 1680) was a Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Bol has received more than 131,214 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Ferdinand Bol is the 393rd most popular painter (up from 395th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 144th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Dutch Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ferdinand Bol ranks 393 out of 2,023. Before him are Lorenzo Costa, François Clouet, Koloman Moser, Oskar Schlemmer, Giambattista Pittoni, and Bartholomeus Spranger. After him are Thomas Cole, Gino Severini, Frederic Edwin Church, Jules Chéret, André Masson, and Max Klinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1616, Ferdinand Bol ranks 2. Before him is John Wallis. After him are Carlo Dolci, Johann Jakob Froberger, Anne Gonzaga, Thomas Bartholin, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Andreas Gryphius, Sébastien Bourdon, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Eustache Le Sueur, and Kuzma Minin. Among people deceased in 1680, Ferdinand Bol ranks 9. Before him are François de La Rochefoucauld, Athanasius Kircher, Nicolas Fouquet, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Jan Swammerdam, and Willem Claesz. Heda. After him are Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Samuel Butler, John Eudes, and Tokugawa Ietsuna.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ferdinand Bol ranks 163 out of 1,646. Before him are Piet Keizer (1943), Eugène Dubois (1858), Aelbert Cuyp (1620), Theo van Gogh (1957), Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587), and Pier Gerlofs Donia (1480). After him are John II, Count of Holland (1247), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), Willy van de Kerkhof (1951), and Arjen Robben (1984).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Ferdinand Bol ranks 39. Before him are Ary Scheffer (1795), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Abraham Bloemaert (1566), Maarten van Heemskerck (1498), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), and Aelbert Cuyp (1620). After him are Karel Appel (1921), Pieter Lastman (1583), Jan Lievens (1607), Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588), Balthasar van der Ast (1593), and Rachel Ruysch (1664).

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