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Joseph Ducreux

1735 - 1802

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Joseph, Baron Ducreux (26 June 1735 – 24 July 1802) was a French noble, portrait painter, pastelist, miniaturist, and engraver, who was a successful portraitist at the court of Louis XVI of France, and resumed his career at the conclusion of the French Revolution. He was made a baron and premier peintre de la reine (First Painter to the Queen), and drew the last portrait ever made of Louis XVI before the king's execution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Ducreux has received more than 818,302 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Ducreux is the 1,387th most popular painter (down from 896th in 2019), the 3,687th most popular biography from France (down from 2,537th in 2019) and the 217th most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Joseph Ducreux ranks 1,387 out of 1,421Before him are Alphonse Legros, Helena Westermarck, Edwin Austin Abbey, Luis Royo, Miquel Barceló, and Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret. After him are Jörg Immendorff, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Adolph Gottlieb, Mikhail Matyushin, Durdy Bayramov, and Harald Sohlberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Joseph Ducreux ranks 23Before him are Ignacy Krasicki, József Alvinczi, Paul Kray, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, and Ivan Kulibin. After him are Ulrika Pasch, Tobias Furneaux, Jesse Ramsden, John Carroll, and Button Gwinnett. Among people deceased in 1802, Joseph Ducreux ranks 21Before him are Giuseppe Sarti, Jurij Vega, George Romney, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Joseph Duplessis, and Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix. After him are Leopold I, Prince of Lippe, Thomas Girtin, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Ivan Argunov, Corona Schröter, and August Batsch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Ducreux ranks 3,687 out of 6,011Before him are Frédéric Dard (1921), Alphonse Legros (1837), Robert Charpentier (1916), Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1852), Gérard Krawczyk (1953), and André-Pierre Gignac (1985). After him are Edmond Delfour (1907), Philippe Léotard (1940), Carl August von Steinheil (1801), Conan II, Duke of Brittany (1030), Arlette Laguiller (1940), and André Wilms (1947).

Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Joseph Ducreux ranks 217Before him are Charb (1967), Georg von Rosen (1843), Ernest Hébert (1817), Edmond Aman-Jean (1858), Alphonse Legros (1837), and Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1852). After him are Maxime Maufra (1861), Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761), Isaac Oliver (1556), Maurice Boitel (1919), Antonin Mercié (1845), and Edmund Dulac (1882).