SCULPTOR

François Girardon

1628 - 1715

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François Girardon (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa ʒiʁaʁdɔ̃]; 17 March 1628 – 1 September 1715) was a French sculptor of the Louis XIV style or French Baroque, best known for his statues and busts of Louis XIV and for his statuary in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Girardon has received more than 72,519 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). François Girardon is the 70th most popular sculptor (up from 83rd in 2019), the 1,964th most popular biography from France (up from 2,183rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Sculptor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of François Girardons by language

Over the past year François Girardon has had the most page views in the with 7,433 views, followed by French (6,579), and Spanish (4,487). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Maltese (110.53%), Basque (88.33%), and Urdu (83.14%)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, François Girardon ranks 70 out of 258. Before him are Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Bernardo Rossellino, Francesco Laurana, Pietro Bernini, Yaacov Agam, and Antonio Corradini. After him are David d'Angers, Cephisodotus the Elder, Giorgio da Sebenico, Jean Goujon, Giacomo Manzù, and Johann Gottfried Schadow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1628, François Girardon ranks 8. Before him are Marcello Malpighi, Jacob van Ruisdael, John Bunyan, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, and Muazzez Sultan. After him are François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Lucrezia Barberini, Carlo Cignani, and Robert Cambert. Among people deceased in 1715, François Girardon ranks 13. Before him are Marie Mancini, William Dampier, Thomas Savery, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Pu Songling, and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Mirwais Hotak, Pierre Magnol, Joseph Raphson, Nicolas Lemery, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Nahum Tate.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Girardon ranks 1,964 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Bodel (1165), Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (1249), Louis François, Prince of Conti (1717), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (1740), and William Kennedy Dickson (1860). After him are David d'Angers (1788), Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (1557), Jean Rouch (1917), Félix Gouin (1884), Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858), and Peter the Venerable (1092).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, François Girardon ranks 14. Before him are Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), Louise Bourgeois (1911), François Rude (1784), Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716), and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714). After him are David d'Angers (1788), Jean Goujon (1510), César Baldaccini (1921), Jean de Chelles (1200), Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876), and Antoine Coysevox (1640).

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