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Wenceslaus Hollar

1607 - 1677

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Wenceslaus Hollar (23 July 1607 – 25 March 1677) was a prolific and accomplished Bohemian graphic artist of the 17th century, who spent much of his life in England. He is known to German speakers as Wenzel Hollar; and to Czech speakers as Václav Hollar (Czech: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈɦolar]). He is particularly noted for his engravings and etchings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wenceslaus Hollar has received more than 196,633 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Wenceslaus Hollar is the 616th most popular painter (up from 632nd in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 208th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Wenceslaus Hollar ranks 616 out of 2,023. Before him are Giovanni Battista Moroni, Ludolf Bakhuizen, Frank Stella, Francesco Francia, Leonid Pasternak, and Vlaho Bukovac. After him are Christian Boltanski, Melchior Broederlam, Wifredo Lam, Pierre Soulages, Carl Andre, and Nicolas de Staël.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1607, Wenceslaus Hollar ranks 8. Before him are Madeleine de Scudéry, Anna Maria van Schurman, Jan Lievens, John Harvard, Infante Carlos of Spain, and Zhu Yousong. After him are Paul Gerhardt, Akile Hatun, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Antoine Gombaud, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, and Erasmus Quellinus the Younger. Among people deceased in 1677, Wenceslaus Hollar ranks 6. Before him are Baruch Spinoza, Jan van Riebeeck, Isaac Barrow, Angelus Silesius, and Barbara Strozzi. After him are Antonio Maria Abbatini, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Aert van der Neer, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and James Harrington.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Wenceslaus Hollar ranks 197 out of 1,200. Before him are Petr Fiala (1964), Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739), Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619), Jerzy Buzek (1940), Jan Železný (1966), and Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia (950). After him are Sigfried Held (1942), Sidonie of Poděbrady (1449), Jan Syrový (1888), Jiří Trnka (1912), Miloš Jakeš (1922), and Ivan Klíma (1931).

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Among PAINTERS In Czechia

Among painters born in Czechia, Wenceslaus Hollar ranks 4. Before him are Alphonse Mucha (1860), Anton Raphael Mengs (1728), and František Kupka (1871). After him are Emil Orlík (1870), Karel Škréta (1610), Toyen (1902), Petr Brandl (1668), Anna Chromý (1940), Gabriel von Max (1840), Zdeněk Burian (1905), and Georg Flegel (1566).

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