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François de Cuvilliés

1695 - 1768

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François de Cuvilliés, sometimes referred to as the Elder (23 October 1695, Soignies, Hainaut – 14 April 1768, Munich), was a Spanish Netherlands-born Bavarian decorative designer and architect. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François de Cuvilliés has received more than 66,801 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. François de Cuvilliés is the 261st most popular architect, the 382nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 340th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, François de Cuvilliés ranks 261 out of 518. Before him are Lambert Lombard, Vittorio Gregotti, Josep Maria Jujol, Ralph Erskine, Augustus Pugin, and Domenico Trezzini. After him are Ustad Ahmad Lahori, Friedrich August Stüler, Nicolai Eigtved, Miklós Ybl, Hermogenes of Priene, and Sedefkar Mehmed Agha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1695, François de Cuvilliés ranks 11. Before him are Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Giuseppe Sammartini, Adrien Manglard, Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Martin van Meytens, and John Bevis. After him are Carl Gustaf Tessin, Edward Braddock, Gustaf Lundberg, and Johann Christian Günther. Among people deceased in 1768, François de Cuvilliés ranks 13. Before him are Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Francesco Maria Veracini, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle. After him are Michel Blavet, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Robert Simson, Giuseppe Simone Assemani, Princess Louisa of Great Britain, and Eggert Ólafsson.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, François de Cuvilliés ranks 382 out of 1,190. Before him are Aelbrecht Bouts (1450), Franciscus Gomarus (1563), Dirk II, Count of Holland (901), Freddy Maertens (1952), Marc Rich (1934), and Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (1607). After him are Jan Wildens (1586), Joris Hoefnagel (1542), Joachim Beuckelaer (1533), Sœur Emmanuelle (1908), Joseph Cardijn (1882), and Willy Mairesse (1928).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Belgium

Among architects born in Belgium, François de Cuvilliés ranks 6. Before him are Victor Horta (1861), Henry van de Velde (1863), Auguste Perret (1874), Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), and Lambert Lombard (1505). After him are Joseph Poelaert (1817), and Fernand de Montigny (1885).

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