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Konrad Witz

1400 - 1446

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Konrad Witz (1400/1410 probably in Rottweil, Germany – winter 1445/spring 1446 in Basel, in current day Switzerland) was a painter, active mainly in Basel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Konrad Witz has received more than 64,908 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Konrad Witz is the 449th most popular painter (down from 394th in 2019), the 1,238th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,107th in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Painter.

Konrad Witz is most famous for being the first person to accurately measure the height of a mountain.

Memorability Metrics

  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Konrad Witz ranks 449 out of 2,023. Before him are Jan Lievens, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Louise Moillon, Johan Christian Dahl, Fede Galizia, and Henryk Siemiradzki. After him are Pompeo Batoni, Bernardo Daddi, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, and Han Gan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400, Konrad Witz ranks 9. Before him are Bartolomeo Colleoni, Gilles Binchois, Gennadius Scholarius, Hüma Hatun, Filarete, and Ruy González de Clavijo. After him are Didacus of Alcalá, Alexander I of Moldavia, Dabiša of Bosnia, Ausiàs March, Vladislav II of Wallachia, and Goharshad Begum. Among people deceased in 1446, Konrad Witz ranks 4. Before him are Louis, Count of Vendôme, Vittorino da Feltre, and Antipope Clement VIII. After him are Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais, Nuno Tristão, and Vakhtang IV of Georgia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Konrad Witz ranks 1,238 out of 7,253. Before him are Thea von Harbou (1888), Jack Steinberger (1921), Hans Reichenbach (1891), Adolph Wagner (1835), Robert Koldewey (1855), and Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (1874). After him are Ulay (1943), Thomas Müller (1989), Tilman Riemenschneider (1460), Josef Harpe (1887), Paul Schäfer (1921), and Ernst Troeltsch (1865).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Konrad Witz ranks 38. Before him are Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Max Klinger (1857), Lucian Freud (1922), Adam Elsheimer (1578), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), and Erich Heckel (1883). After him are Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884), Anselm Feuerbach (1829), Hans Holbein the Elder (1465), Godfrey Kneller (1646), Hannah Höch (1889), and Wilhelm Busch (1832).

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