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Matthäus Merian

1593 - 1650

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Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 – 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt, Germany for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthäus Merian has received more than 162,164 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Matthäus Merian is the 462nd most popular painter (down from 443rd in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Swiss Painter.

Matthäus Merian is most famous for his engravings of insects and plants.

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  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Matthäus Merian ranks 462 out of 2,023. Before him are Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Ernest Meissonier, Anselm Feuerbach, Gu Kaizhi, Bob Ross, and Hendrick ter Brugghen. After him are James Tissot, Pierre Puget, Giovanni Boldini, Jacopo de' Barbari, Hans Holbein the Elder, and Godfrey Kneller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, Matthäus Merian ranks 8. Before him are Georges de La Tour, Jacob Jordaens, Mumtaz Mahal, Toyotomi Hideyori, Nicolaes Tulp, and George I Rákóczi. After him are Balthasar van der Ast, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Anthony van Diemen, George Herbert, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Sultan Agung of Mataram. Among people deceased in 1650, Matthäus Merian ranks 6. Before him are René Descartes, Dorgon, William II, Prince of Orange, Tukaram, and Christoph Scheiner. After him are Bernhardus Varenius, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Cristóvão Ferreira, Catalina de Erauso, Hanzade Sultan, and Jean Rotrou.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Matthäus Merian ranks 125 out of 1,015. Before him are Jacques Dubochet (1942), Charles Bonnet (1720), Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908), Paul Guldin (1577), Blaise Cendrars (1887), and Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905). After him are Margareta of Romania (1949), Judith of Habsburg (1271), Alfonsina Storni (1892), Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg (1445), Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779), and Heinrich Bullinger (1504).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Matthäus Merian ranks 11. Before him are Henry Fuseli (1741), H. R. Giger (1940), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Félix Vallotton (1865), Albert Anker (1831), and Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702). After him are Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889), Jost Amman (1539), Charles Gleyre (1806), Théophile Steinlen (1859), Eugène Grasset (1845), and Anton Graff (1736).

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