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François Clouet

1510 - 1572

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François Clouet (c. 1510 – 22 December 1572), son of Jean Clouet, was a French Renaissance miniaturist and painter, particularly known for his detailed portraits of the French ruling family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Clouet has received more than 235,087 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). François Clouet is the 388th most popular painter (up from 405th in 2019), the 1,236th most popular biography from France (up from 1,335th in 2019) and the 85th most popular French Painter.

François Clouet was a French painter and draftsman of the late Renaissance. He is best known for his portraits of members of the French royal family, including Henry IV of France, Catherine de' Medici, and Marguerite de Valois.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, François Clouet ranks 388 out of 2,023. Before him are Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Orcagna, Armand Guillaumin, Friedrich von Amerling, Aleksandra Ekster, and Lorenzo Costa. After him are Koloman Moser, Oskar Schlemmer, Giambattista Pittoni, Bartholomeus Spranger, Ferdinand Bol, and Thomas Cole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, François Clouet ranks 8. Before him are Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Mikael Agricola, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Renée of France, Jacopo Bassano, and Aloysius Lilius. After him are Gonzalo Pizarro, Gracia Mendes Nasi, Elena Glinskaya, Túpac Huallpa, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, and Oda Nobuhide. Among people deceased in 1572, François Clouet ranks 14. Before him are John Knox, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Isaac Luria, Longqing Emperor, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, and Miguel López de Legazpi. After him are Petrus Ramus, Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Jean Goujon, Ippolito II d'Este, Claude Goudimel, and Moses Isserles.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Clouet ranks 1,236 out of 6,770. Before him are Guillaume Brune (1763), Charles Péguy (1873), Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), Cléo de Mérode (1875), and Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160). After him are René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451), Alexandre de Rhodes (1591), Georges Auric (1899), Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767), Michel Fourniret (1942), and Marie Anne de Mailly (1717).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, François Clouet ranks 85. Before him are Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749), Émile Bernard (1868), Édouard Vuillard (1868), Marie Laurencin (1883), Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767), and Armand Guillaumin (1841). After him are Jules Chéret (1836), André Masson (1896), Eva Gonzalès (1849), Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827), Bernard Buffet (1928), and Yves Tanguy (1900).

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