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Urs Graf

1485 - 1528

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Urs Graf (c. 1485 in Solothurn, Switzerland – possibly before 13 October 1528) was a Swiss Renaissance goldsmith, painter and printmaker (of woodcuts, etchings and engravings), as well as a Swiss mercenary. He only produced two etchings, one of which dates from 1513 – the earliest known etching for which a date has been established. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Urs Graf has received more than 78,681 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Urs Graf is the 1,308th most popular painter, the 353rd most popular biography from Switzerland and the 25th most popular Swiss Painter.

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  • 58.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Urs Graf ranks 1,308 out of 2,023. Before him are Marlene Dumas, On Kawara, Giovanni Santi, Godfried Schalcken, Echion, and Carl Blechen. After him are Janis Rozentāls, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Childe Hassam, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Zhang Xuan, and Kanō Motonobu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1485, Urs Graf ranks 17. Before him are Johannes Bugenhagen, Balthasar Hubmaier, Wolf Huber, Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, Beatus Rhenanus, and Giovanni Battista Ramusio. After him are Hugh Latimer, Marco Girolamo Vida, and Romanino. Among people deceased in 1528, Urs Graf ranks 12. Before him are Pánfilo de Narváez, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Balthasar Hubmaier, Clarice de' Medici, Rana Sanga, and Edzard I, Count of East Frisia. After him is Al-Birjandi.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Urs Graf ranks 353 out of 1,015. Before him are Bertrand Piccard (1958), Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956), François Le Fort (1656), Gottfried Diener (1926), Klaus Huber (1924), and Ella Maillart (1903). After him are Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777), Albert Heim (1849), Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829), Henri Schwery (1932), Hans Erni (1909), and Jakob Hermann (1678).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Urs Graf ranks 25. Before him are Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767), Alexandre Calame (1810), Adolf Wölfli (1864), Cuno Amiet (1868), Salomon Gessner (1730), and Bertha Wegmann (1847). After him are Hans Erni (1909), Antonio Ciseri (1821), Aloïse Corbaz (1886), Pier Francesco Mola (1612), Karl Bodmer (1809), and Elizabeth Thompson (1846).

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