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Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt

1668 - 1745

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Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (14 November 1668 – 16 November 1745) was an Austrian baroque architect and military engineer who designed stately buildings and churches and whose work had a profound influence on the architecture of the Habsburg Empire in the eighteenth century. After studying in Rome under Carlo Fontana, he constructed fortresses for Prince Eugene of Savoy during his Italian campaigns, becoming his favorite architect. In 1700 he became court engineer in Vienna, and in 1711 was named head of the court department of building. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt has received more than 58,256 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt is the 88th most popular architect (up from 90th in 2019), the 1,025th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,038th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Architect.

Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt is most famous for his work as a painter.

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Over the past year Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt has had the most page views in the with 11,323 views, followed by English (8,220), and Czech (3,241). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latvian (119.52%), Latin (82.37%), and Catalan (56.10%)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt ranks 88 out of 518. Before him are Richard Neutra, Balthasar Neumann, Claude Perrault, Mario Botta, Frei Otto, and Gottfried Semper. After him are Sostratus of Cnidus, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Mnesikles, and Minoru Yamasaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1668, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt ranks 6. Before him are Giambattista Vico, François Couperin, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Herman Boerhaave, and Alain-René Lesage. After him are Sultan Husayn, John George IV, Elector of Saxony, Francesco Gasparini, Louis, Prince of Condé, Petr Brandl, and Apostolo Zeno. Among people deceased in 1745, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt ranks 5. Before him are Jonathan Swift, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Robert Walpole, and Jan Dismas Zelenka. After him are Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Ibrahim Muteferrika, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Antoine Forqueray, Nicola Fago, Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt ranks 1,025 out of 5,161. Before him are Occhiali (1519), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Edda Mussolini (1910), Francesco Landini (1325), Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans (1371), and Marcomer (400). After him are Maurizio Pollini (1942), Amélie of Leuchtenberg (1812), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Cosimo Tura (1430), Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1634), and Milonia Caesonia (7).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt ranks 17. Before him are Guarino Guarini (1624), Giuliano da Sangallo (1445), Aldo Rossi (1931), Richard Rogers (1933), Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548), and Sebastiano Serlio (1475). After him are Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511), Filarete (1400), Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439), Baldassare Longhena (1596), Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), and Lina Bo Bardi (1914).

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