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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 38,078 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Melchiorre Cafà is the 136th most popular sculptor (up from 144th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Malta (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Maltese Sculptor.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 136 out of 189. Before him are Augustin Pajou, Georg Rafael Donner, Salvatore Garau, Antoine-Denis Chaudet, Tullio Lombardo, and Antun Augustinčić. After him are Tony Cragg, Johan Tobias Sergel, Magda Frank, Juan Martínez Montañés, Anna Coleman Ladd, and Duane Hanson.

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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, Edward Colston, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Nikolai Spathari, and Charles de La Fosse. After him are Gregório de Matos and Thomas Traherne. Among people deceased in 1667, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 17. Before him are Peter Snayers, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Thomas de Keyser, Fasilides, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Grégoire de Saint-Vincent. After him are Franz Tunder, Giovanni Battista Zupi, Jean de Thévenot, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Johann von Rist, and Abraham Cowley.

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In Malta

Among people born in Malta, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 16 out of 66. Before him are Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (1958), Saint Publius (100), Prosper Grech (1925), Roberta Metsola (1979), Nicolas Isouard (1775), and Daphne Caruana Galizia (1964). After him are Dom Mintoff (1916), Girolamo Cassar (1520), Paul Xuereb (1923), Ċensu Tabone (1913), Helena Dalli (1962), and Lawrence Gonzi (1953).

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Among SCULPTORS In Malta

Among sculptors born in Malta, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 1. 

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