1594 - 1665
Nicolas Poussin (UK: , US: , French: [nikɔla pusɛ̃]; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for a small group of Italian and French collectors. He returned to Paris for a brief period to serve as First Painter to the King under Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu, but soon returned to Rome and resumed his more traditional themes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas Poussin has received more than 948,172 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Nicolas Poussin is the 48th most popular painter (down from 45th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from France (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Painter.
Nicolas Poussin is most famous for his painting, "The Arcadian Shepherds."
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Among painters, Nicolas Poussin ranks 48 out of 1,421. Before him are Masaccio, Caspar David Friedrich, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, J. M. W. Turner, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Camille Pissarro. After him are Paul Klee, Georges Braque, Andrea del Verrocchio, Georges Seurat, Paolo Veronese, and Ilya Repin.
1401 - 1428
HPI: 77.05
Rank: 42
1774 - 1840
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 43
1526 - 1593
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 44
1775 - 1851
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 45
1864 - 1901
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 46
1830 - 1903
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 47
1594 - 1665
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 48
1879 - 1940
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 49
1882 - 1963
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 50
1435 - 1488
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 51
1859 - 1891
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 52
1528 - 1588
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 53
1844 - 1930
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 54
Among people born in 1594, Nicolas Poussin ranks 2. Before him is Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. After him are Willem Claesz. Heda, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, César, Duke of Vendôme, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Clara Peeters, Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, and Ngawang Namgyal. Among people deceased in 1665, Nicolas Poussin ranks 3. Before him are Pierre de Fermat and Philip IV of Spain. After him are Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, César, Duke of Vendôme, Elisabetta Sirani, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, Stefan Czarniecki, Jean Bolland, and Pieter Jansz. Saenredam.
1594 - 1632
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 1
1594 - 1665
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 2
1594 - 1680
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 3
1594 - 1612
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 4
1594 - 1665
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 5
1594 - 1632
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 6
1594 - 1650
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 7
1594 - 1657
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 8
1594 - 1627
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 9
1594 - 1659
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 10
1594 - 1667
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 11
1594 - 1651
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 12
1601 - 1665
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 1
1605 - 1665
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 2
1594 - 1665
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 3
1610 - 1665
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 4
1594 - 1665
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 5
1638 - 1665
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 6
1588 - 1665
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 7
1602 - 1665
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 8
1630 - 1665
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 9
1599 - 1665
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 10
1596 - 1665
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 11
1597 - 1665
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Nicolas Poussin ranks 126 out of 6,011. Before him are Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), Hugh Capet (940), Jacques Chirac (1932), Louis XVIII of France (1755), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), and Henri Poincaré (1854). After him are Luc Montagnier (1932), Charles VI of France (1368), François Villon (1431), Roman Polanski (1933), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), and Godfrey of Bouillon (1060).
1763 - 1844
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 120
940 - 996
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 121
1932 - 2019
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 122
1755 - 1824
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 123
1835 - 1921
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 124
1854 - 1912
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 125
1594 - 1665
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 126
1932 - 2022
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 127
1368 - 1422
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 128
1431 - 1463
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 129
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 130
1873 - 1897
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 131
1060 - 1100
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 132
Among painters born in France, Nicolas Poussin ranks 13. Before him are Edgar Degas (1834), Jacques-Louis David (1748), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780), Gustave Courbet (1819), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841), and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864). After him are Georges Braque (1882), Georges Seurat (1859), Jean-François Millet (1814), Théodore Géricault (1791), Alfred Sisley (1839), and Henri Rousseau (1844).
1834 - 1917
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 7
1748 - 1825
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 8
1780 - 1867
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 9
1819 - 1877
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 10
1841 - 1919
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 11
1864 - 1901
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 12
1594 - 1665
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 13
1882 - 1963
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 14
1859 - 1891
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 15
1814 - 1875
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 16
1791 - 1824
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 17
1839 - 1899
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 18
1844 - 1910
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 19