PAINTER

Jacques-Laurent Agasse

1767 - 1849

Photo of Jacques-Laurent Agasse

Icon of person Jacques-Laurent Agasse

Jacques-Laurent Agasse (April 24, 1767 – December 27, 1849) was an animal and landscape painter from Switzerland. Born at Geneva, Agasse studied in the public art school of that city. Before he turned twenty he went to Paris to study in veterinary school to make himself fully acquainted with the anatomy of horses and other animals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques-Laurent Agasse has received more than 60,010 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jacques-Laurent Agasse is the 1,021st most popular painter (down from 942nd in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 249th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Swiss Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 60k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jacques-Laurent Agasse ranks 1,021 out of 2,023. Before him are Édouard Detaille, Anna Bilińska, Simon Hollósy, Charles Angrand, Matthias Stom, and Sanford Robinson Gifford. After him are Eero Järnefelt, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Christoph Amberger, Antoine Pesne, Ludwig Richter, and Winslow Homer.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Jacques-Laurent Agasse ranks 30. Before him are Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Jacques Laffitte, Alexis Bouvard, and Platon Zubov. After him are John Adams, Philippe LeBon, Takizawa Bakin, Tyagaraja, Black Hawk, and Anouvong. Among people deceased in 1849, Jacques-Laurent Agasse ranks 37. Before him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, Goffredo Mameli, William Etty, Quatremère de Quincy, Angelica Catalani, and Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este. After him are Conradin Kreutzer, René Lesson, Dolley Madison, Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria, Pierre François Verhulst, and Carlo Rossi.

Others Born in 1767

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1849

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jacques-Laurent Agasse ranks 266 out of 1,015. Before him are Ernst Brenner (1856), François-Alphonse Forel (1841), Louis Zutter (1865), Princess Elena of Romania (1950), Giuseppe Motta (1871), and Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810). After him are Domenico Trezzini (1670), Walter Hauser (1837), Lisa Della Casa (1919), Christoph Blocher (1940), Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818), and Daniel Peter (1836).

Others born in Switzerland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Jacques-Laurent Agasse ranks 19. Before him are Jost Amman (1539), Charles Gleyre (1806), Théophile Steinlen (1859), Eugène Grasset (1845), Anton Graff (1736), and Giovanni Giacometti (1868). After him are Alexandre Calame (1810), Adolf Wölfli (1864), Cuno Amiet (1868), Salomon Gessner (1730), Bertha Wegmann (1847), and Urs Graf (1485).

Swiss born Painters

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous