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Melchiorre Cafà

1636 - 1667

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Melchiorre Cafà (1636–1667), born Melchiorre Gafà and also known as Caffà, Gafa, Gaffar or Gafar, was a Maltese Baroque sculptor. Cafà began a promising career in Rome but this was cut short by his premature death following a work accident. He was the older brother of the architect Lorenzo Gafà. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melchiorre Cafà is the 178th most popular sculptor (down from 169th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Malta (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Maltese Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 178 out of 258. Before him are Johann Georg Pinsel, Tullio Lombardo, Balthasar Permoser, Robert Jacobsen, Sergey Merkurov, and Lev Kerbel. After him are David Černý, Matthias Braun, Hermann Obrist, Juan Martínez Montañés, Valie Export, and Martin Kippenberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 14. Before him are Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Edward Colston, Nikolai Spathari, Libéral Bruant, and Charles de La Fosse. After him are Justine Siegemund, Jan Chryzostom Pasek, Gregório de Matos, and Thomas Traherne. Among people deceased in 1667, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 20. Before him are Thomas de Keyser, Ferenc Wesselényi, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Giovanni Battista Zupi, Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, and Franz Tunder. After him are John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jean de Thévenot, Jacobus Golius, Johann von Rist, and Abraham Cowley.

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In Malta

Among people born in Malta, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 26 out of 71. Before him are Paul Cremona (1946), Dom Mintoff (1916), Lawrence Gonzi (1953), Daphne Caruana Galizia (1964), Ċensu Tabone (1913), and Girolamo Cassar (1520). After him are Paul Xuereb (1923), Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (1932), Lorenzo Gafà (1630), Emma Heming Willis (1978), Anton Buttigieg (1912), and Dun Karm Psaila (1871).

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Among SCULPTORS In Malta

Among sculptors born in Malta, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 1. 

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