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Georges de La Tour

1593 - 1652

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Georges de La Tour (13 March 1593 – 30 January 1652) was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges de La Tour has received more than 483,758 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Georges de La Tour is the 110th most popular painter (down from 104th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from France (down from 307th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Painter.

Georges de la Tour is most famous for his religious paintings.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Georges de La Tour ranks 110 out of 2,023. Before him are William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Vittore Carpaccio, Matthias Grünewald, Claude Lorrain, Guido Reni, and Hyacinthe Rigaud. After him are Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Ivan Aivazovsky, Annibale Carracci, Simone Martini, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Giorgio de Chirico.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, Georges de La Tour ranks 2. Before him is Artemisia Gentileschi. After him are Jacob Jordaens, Mumtaz Mahal, Toyotomi Hideyori, Nicolaes Tulp, George I Rákóczi, Matthäus Merian, Balthasar van der Ast, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Anthony van Diemen, and George Herbert. Among people deceased in 1652, Georges de La Tour ranks 2. Before him is Jusepe de Ribera. After him are Gregorio Allegri, Jacob De la Gardie, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Pietro Della Valle, Inigo Jones, Jan Asselijn, Jan Dirksz Both, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Denis Pétau, and Johann von Werth.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges de La Tour ranks 324 out of 6,770. Before him are Alphonse Daudet (1840), Diane de Poitiers (1499), Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Raynald of Châtillon (1123), and Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659). After him are Paul Valéry (1871), Elisabeth of Valois (1545), Anne of Brittany (1477), Josquin des Prez (1450), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), and Colette (1873).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Georges de La Tour ranks 33. Before him are Francis Picabia (1879), Paul Signac (1863), Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), Claude Lorrain (1600), and Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659). After him are Gustave Moreau (1826), Jean Fouquet (1420), Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), Fernand Léger (1881), Jean Dubuffet (1901), and Odilon Redon (1840).

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