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Godfried Schalcken

1643 - 1706

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Godfried Schalcken (8 October 1643 – 16 November 1706) was a Dutch artist who specialized in genre paintings and portraits. Schalcken was noted for his night scenes and mastery in reproducing the effect of candlelight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Godfried Schalcken has received more than 99,466 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Godfried Schalcken is the 1,305th most popular painter, the 545th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 124th most popular Dutch Painter.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Godfried Schalcken ranks 1,305 out of 2,023. Before him are Gerard de Lairesse, Virginie Demont-Breton, Philip Guston, Marlene Dumas, On Kawara, and Giovanni Santi. After him are Echion, Carl Blechen, Urs Graf, Janis Rozentāls, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, and Childe Hassam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1643, Godfried Schalcken ranks 17. Before him are Fran Krsto Frankopan, Ilona Zrínyi, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Jean-Baptiste Denys, and Vasily Golitsyn. After him is Zinat-un-Nissa Begum. Among people deceased in 1706, Godfried Schalcken ranks 12. Before him are Arsenije III Čarnojević, Andreas Werckmeister, Rahman Baba, Georg Joseph Kamel, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Ferdinand de Marsin. After him are John Evelyn, Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Tylman van Gameren, and Jeanne Dumée.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Godfried Schalcken ranks 545 out of 1,646. Before him are Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596), Anna van Egmont (1533), Michael van Langren (1598), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Henri Nouwen (1932), and Hannie Schaft (1920). After him are Corine Rottschäfer (1938), Jan Baptist Weenix (1621), Meijer de Haan (1852), Corrie ten Boom (1892), Willem 's Gravesande (1688), and Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Godfried Schalcken ranks 124. Before him are Adriaen Coorte (1665), Bart van der Leck (1876), Jan van de Cappelle (1624), Dirk van der Aa (1731), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), and Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596). After him are Jan Baptist Weenix (1621), Meijer de Haan (1852), Albert Eckhout (1610), Corneille de Lyon (1500), Jan de Bray (1627), and Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619).

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