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Jost Amman

1539 - 1591

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Jost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jost Amman has received more than 71,417 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jost Amman is the 542nd most popular painter (up from 796th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 214th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Swiss Painter.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jost Amman ranks 542 out of 2,023. Before him are Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Hishikawa Moronobu, Dirck van Baburen, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, Parrhasius, and Naji al-Ali. After him are Anton von Werner, Guido of Siena, Charles Gleyre, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Willem Kalf, and Albert Bierstadt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1539, Jost Amman ranks 4. Before him are Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Federico Zuccari, and Alessandro Valignano. After him are Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Fausto Sozzini, Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Chōsokabe Motochika, and George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Among people deceased in 1591, Jost Amman ranks 11. Before him are Vincenzo Galilei, Veronica Franco, Dmitry of Uglich, Sen no Rikyū, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, and Jacobus Gallus. After him are Luis de León, Anna Sophia of Prussia, Anna of Hesse, Vespasiano I Gonzaga, and Emilie of Saxony.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jost Amman ranks 139 out of 1,015. Before him are Mario Adorf (1930), Emil Abderhalden (1877), Frank Martin (1890), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889), Marthe Keller (1945), and Rodolphe Töpffer (1799). After him are Marina Doria (1935), Jacob Sprenger (1435), Charles Gleyre (1806), Hugo Koblet (1925), Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (1945), and Théophile Steinlen (1859).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Jost Amman ranks 13. Before him are Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Félix Vallotton (1865), Albert Anker (1831), Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702), Matthäus Merian (1593), and Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889). After him are Charles Gleyre (1806), Théophile Steinlen (1859), Eugène Grasset (1845), Anton Graff (1736), Giovanni Giacometti (1868), and Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767).

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