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Hercules Seghers

1589 - 1638

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Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers or Segers (c. 1589 – c. 1638) was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hercules Seghers has received more than 81,008 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Hercules Seghers is the 852nd most popular painter (down from 700th in 2019), the 352nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 279th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Dutch Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 81k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hercules Seghers by language

Over the past year Hercules Seghers has had the most page views in the with 9,051 views, followed by French (3,011), and Russian (2,531). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Japanese (148.67%), Russian (40.46%), and Uzbek (39.84%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hercules Seghers ranks 852 out of 2,023. Before him are Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Gustave Boulanger, John Collier, Ford Madox Brown, Isaac Israëls, and Wols. After him are Luca Cambiaso, Antonio de Pereda, Zurab Tsereteli, Isaak Brodsky, Leonaert Bramer, and Cigoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1589, Hercules Seghers ranks 11. Before him are John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, 4th Dalai Lama, Peter Minuit, Domenico Fetti, John, Duke of Östergötland, and Teimuraz I of Kakheti. After him are Marko Krizin, Gabriel Báthory, Adriaen van de Venne, Gisbertus Voetius, Giovanni Pesaro, and Giovanni Battista Zupi. Among people deceased in 1638, Hercules Seghers ranks 14. Before him are Cyril Lucaris, John Harvard, Cornelis van Haarlem, Peter Minuit, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and Willem Blaeu. After him are Paulus Moreelse, Barbara Longhi, Johann Heinrich Alsted, Georg Flegel, Joachim Wtewael, and Jacques Blanchard.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hercules Seghers ranks 352 out of 1,646. Before him are Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743), Gemma Frisius (1508), Titus Brandsma (1881), Tom Okker (1944), Isaac Israëls (1865), and Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969). After him are Leonaert Bramer (1596), Dirk Kuyt (1980), John de Mol Jr. (1955), Jacob Cats (1577), Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), and Rafael van der Vaart (1983).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Hercules Seghers ranks 77. Before him are Karel Dujardin (1622), Emanuel de Witte (1617), Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633), Esaias van de Velde (1587), Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597), and Isaac Israëls (1865). After him are Leonaert Bramer (1596), Jan van Huysum (1682), Aert van der Neer (1603), Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608), Albert van Ouwater (1415), and Cornelis Cort (1533).

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