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Victorine Meurent

1844 - 1927

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Victorine-Louise Meurent (also Meurant; February 18, 1844 – March 17, 1927) was a French painter and a model for painters. Although she is best known as the favorite model of Édouard Manet, she was an artist in her own right who regularly exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victorine Meurent has received more than 425,446 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Victorine Meurent is the 710th most popular painter (up from 772nd in 2019), the 2,079th most popular biography from France (up from 2,283rd in 2019) and the 137th most popular French Painter.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Victorine Meurent ranks 710 out of 2,023. Before her are Franz von Bayros, Eugène Carrière, Moritz von Schwind, Paula Rego, Bruno Liljefors, and Giovanna Garzoni. After her are Wu Daozi, Raja Ravi Varma, Pedro Berruguete, Kolë Idromeno, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, and Hans Hartung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Victorine Meurent ranks 35. Before her are Adolf Engler, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Sophia Tolstaya, Saitō Hajime, Thomas Eakins, and Henry J. Heinz. After her are William Robert Brooks, Mihály Munkácsy, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Édouard Branly, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, and Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Among people deceased in 1927, Victorine Meurent ranks 43. Before her are Boris Kustodiev, Jānis Čakste, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Jovan Cvijić, and Hugo Schuchardt. After her are Stanisław Przybyszewski, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, William, Prince of Hohenzollern, Ahad Ha'am, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, and Fyodor Sologub.

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In France

Among people born in France, Victorine Meurent ranks 2,079 out of 6,770. Before her are Jean Calas (1698), Prosper of Aquitaine (390), Antoine Béchamp (1816), Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770), Elif Shafak (1971), and Max Decugis (1882). After her are Henry Darcy (1803), John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (1582), Guy Hamilton (1922), Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1629), Pierre Lemaitre (1951), and Charles II, Count of Alençon (1297).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Victorine Meurent ranks 137. Before her are François Lemoyne (1688), Jan Asselijn (1610), Joseph-Marie Vien (1716), Paul Gavarni (1804), Amédée Ozenfant (1886), and Eugène Carrière (1849). After her are Sébastien Bourdon (1616), Carle Vernet (1758), Marie Bracquemond (1840), Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684), Eugène Fromentin (1820), and Léon Cogniet (1794).

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