PAINTER

Petrus Christus

1410 - 1475

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Petrus Christus (Dutch: [ˈpeːtrʏs ˈkrɪstʏs, - ˈxrɪs-]; c. 1410/1420 – c. 1475/1476) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444, where, along with Hans Memling, he became the leading painter after the death of Jan van Eyck. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petrus Christus has received more than 206,254 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 36 in 2019). Petrus Christus is the 218th most popular painter (down from 176th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 67th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Dutch Painter.

Petrus Christus is most famous for his contributions to the Ghent Altarpiece, which is a triptych altarpiece in the St. Bavo Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Petrus Christus ranks 218 out of 2,023. Before him are Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Antoine-Jean Gros, H. R. Giger, Pierre Bonnard, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark. After him are Rosso Fiorentino, Saskia van Uylenburgh, Thomas Gainsborough, Jeanne Hébuterne, Luca Giordano, and Simon Vouet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1410, Petrus Christus ranks 2. Before him is Johannes Ockeghem. After him are Lekë Dukagjini, Domenico Veneziano, Stefan Lochner, Giorgio da Sebenico, Ibn Taghribirdi, Agnes Bernauer, Pedro Tafur, and William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent. Among people deceased in 1475, Petrus Christus ranks 3. Before him are Paolo Uccello, and Dieric Bouts. After him are Radu cel Frumos, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Joan of Portugal, Afanasy Nikitin, Theodorus Gaza, Simon of Trent, Albert van Ouwater, Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Sin Sukju.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Petrus Christus ranks 79 out of 1,646. Before him are Dries van Agt (1931), Dick Advocaat (1947), Peter Canisius (1521), Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), Hugo de Vries (1848), and Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907). After him are Tobias Asser (1838), Cornelius Jansen (1585), Bernard Mandeville (1670), Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930), Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), and Willebrord Snellius (1580).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Petrus Christus ranks 15. Before him are Theo van Gogh (1857), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628), Han van Meegeren (1889), Pieter de Hooch (1629), Dieric Bouts (1415), and Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836). After him are Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), Lucas van Leyden (1494), Gerard van Honthorst (1592), Gerard ter Borch (1617), Gabriël Metsu (1629), and Carel Fabritius (1622).

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