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Nicolai Eigtved

1701 - 1754

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Nicolai Eigtved (4 June 1701 – 7 June 1754), also known as Niels Eigtved, was a Danish architect. He introduced and was the leading proponent of the French rococo or late baroque style in Danish architecture during the 1730s–1740s. He designed and built some of the most prominent buildings of his time, a number of which still stand to this day. He also played an important role in the establishment of the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi), and was its first native-born leader. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolai Eigtved is the 286th most popular architect (down from 264th in 2019). (down from 2,111th in 2019)

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Among architects, Nicolai Eigtved ranks 286 out of 518. Before him are Kengo Kuma, William Chambers, Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Cedric Gibbons, Bernardo Buontalenti, and Werner March. After him are Helmut Jahn, Juan Bautista de Toledo, Steven Holl, Friedrich von Gärtner, Mauro Codussi, and Boris Iofan.

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Among people born in 1701, Nicolai Eigtved ranks 12. Before him are Pietro Longhi, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, Sharaku, Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Dmitry Laptev, and Johan Agrell. After him are Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Wu Jingzi, Johann Jakob Breitinger, and Thomas Hudson. Among people deceased in 1754, Nicolai Eigtved ranks 14. Before him are Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Henry Pelham, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Safdar Jang, Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Edward Cave. After him are Wu Jingzi, Philippe Néricault Destouches, Friedrich von Hagedorn, and James Gibbs.

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