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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 152,993 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Matthäus Merian is the 444th most popular painter (down from 372nd in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 103rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swiss Painter.

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

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Matthäus Merian ranks 444 out of 1,421Before him are Suzuki Harunobu, Hubert Robert, Raoul Hausmann, Aelbert Cuyp, Giovanni Boldini, and Enrique Simonet. After him are Shitao, Edmund Leighton, Jacopo de' Barbari, Mikhail Vrubel, Jean Clouet, and Hendrick ter Brugghen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, Matthäus Merian ranks 6Before him are Artemisia Gentileschi, Georges de La Tour, Jacob Jordaens, Mumtaz Mahal, and Toyotomi Hideyori. After him are George I Rákóczi, Nicolaes Tulp, Balthasar van der Ast, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Anthony van Diemen, and George Herbert. Among people deceased in 1650, Matthäus Merian ranks 5Before him are René Descartes, William II, Prince of Orange, Dorgon, and Tukaram. After him are Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Christoph Scheiner, Bernhardus Varenius, Catalina de Erauso, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, İbrahim Peçevi, and Jean Rotrou.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Matthäus Merian ranks 122 out of 876Before him are Paul Guldin (1577), Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702), Heinrich Bullinger (1504), Sigismond Thalberg (1812), Jacob Sprenger (1435), and Mario Adorf (1930). After him are Carla Del Ponte (1947), Marthe Keller (1945), Blaise Cendrars (1887), Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908), Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi (1773), and Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878).

Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Matthäus Merian ranks 12Before him are H. R. Giger (1940), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Félix Vallotton (1865), Bernardino Luini (1475), Albert Anker (1831), and Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702). After him are Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889), Théophile Steinlen (1859), Charles Gleyre (1806), Jost Amman (1539), Eugène Grasset (1845), and Anton Graff (1736).