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Melchiorre Cafà

1636 - 1667

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Melchiorre Cafà (1636–1667), born Melchiorre Gafà and also known as Caffà, Gafa, Gaffar or Gafar, was a Maltese Baroque sculptor. Cafà began a promising career in Rome but this was cut short by his premature death following a work accident. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melchiorre Cafà has received more than 40,177 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Melchiorre Cafà is the 169th most popular sculptor (down from 136th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Malta (down from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Maltese Sculptor.

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  • 40k

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  • 50.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 169 out of 258. Before him are Reinhold Begas, Johann Georg Pinsel, Chana Orloff, Alexandre Falguière, Balthasar Permoser, and Ivan Martos. After him are Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Charles Despiau, Antony Gormley, Walter De Maria, Tino di Camaino, and Jan Brokoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 13. Before him are Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Libéral Bruant, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Nikolai Spathari, and Charles de La Fosse. After him are Edward Colston, Gregório de Matos, Jan Chryzostom Pasek, Justine Siegemund, and Thomas Traherne. Among people deceased in 1667, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 18. Before him are Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Thomas de Keyser, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ferenc Wesselényi, Franz Tunder, and Fasilides. After him are Jean de Thévenot, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Johann von Rist, Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Jacobus Golius, and Giovanni Battista Zupi.

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In Malta

Among people born in Malta, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 19 out of 71. Before him are Prosper Grech (1925), Nicolas Isouard (1775), Daphne Caruana Galizia (1964), Maria de Dominici (1645), Lorenzo Gafà (1630), and Dom Mintoff (1916). After him are Girolamo Cassar (1520), Lawrence Gonzi (1953), Paul Xuereb (1923), Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (1932), Ċensu Tabone (1913), and Dun Karm Psaila (1871).

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Among SCULPTORS In Malta

Among sculptors born in Malta, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 1. 

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