Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Saturday January 18. For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.
Last Week's Results
1. Chase: 7
2. Canaletto: 5
3. Cozens: 4
4. Lancret: 3
4. Masolino: 3
6. Boudin: 2
6. van Ostade: 2
This Week's Contest
François Boucher
1703 - 1770
French
Tournament Record: Tied for 366th. Defeated Boudin, lost to Botticelli, beat Bouts, lost to Bellows. Second-lowest ranked artist with two wins in the main Tournament. 18 votes for, 30 against (.375).
John Robert Cozens
1752 - 1797
English
Tournament Record: Placed 369th. Tied with Tony Cragg, lost decisively to Thomas Hart Benton and Pietro Longhi. 15 votes for, 25 against (.375).
- Placed Third in Week #53.
Masolino
1383 - c.1433
Florentine
Tournament Record: Tied for 370th. Lost to Quentin Massys and Marie Laurencin. 9 votes for, 15 against (.375).
- Tied for Fourth in Week #53.
Nicolas Lancret
1690 - 1743
French
Tournament Record: Tied for 370th. Lost to Sir Edwin Landseer and Peter Lanyon. 9 votes for, 15 against (.375).
- Tied for Fourth in Week #53.
Hans Holbein
1497ish - 1543
German; worked in Britain
Tournament Record: Tied for 392nd. He, Hans, lost to Winslow Homer and Gerrit van Honthorst. 9 votes for, 16 votes against (.360).
- Tied for First in Week #44.
- Tied for Second in Week #46.
- Placed Second in Week #47.
- Placed Third in Week #48.
- Tied for Second, Week #49.
- Tied for First, Week #50.
- Tied for First, Week #52.
Canaletto
1697 - 1768
Italian (Venetian); also worked in England
Tournament Record: Placed 448th. Beat Robert Campin, then lost to Caravaggio and Alexander Calder. 7 votes for, 17 votes against (.292).
- Placed First in Week #24.
- Placed First again in Week #26.
- Placed First again in Week #28.
- And again in Week #30.
- And again in Week #32.
- And again in Week #34.
- And again in Week #36.
- And again in Week #38.
- And again in Week #40.
- Tied for First in Week #42.
- Tied for First again in Week #44.
- Tied for Second in Week #46.
- Placed Fourth in Week #47.
- Placed Fourth in Week #48.
- Tied for Second, Week #49.
- Tied for Third, Week #50.
- Tied for Second, Week #51.
- Tied for Third, Week #52.
- Placed Second, Week #53.
Charles-François Daubigny
1817 - 1878
French
Tournament Record: Placed 505th. Lost to Salvador Dali and Aelbert Cuyp. 4 votes for, 26 votes against (.133).
- Finished First in all of the even-numbered Ladder Weeks #2 - #20.
- Tied for First, Week #22.
- Placed Third in Week #24.
- Tied for First, Week #25.
- Tied for First, Week #27.
- Tied for Second, Weeks #29 - #32.
- Tied for Second, Week #33.
- Tied for Second again in Week #34.
- Tied for First, Week #35.
- Tied for Second, Weeks #37 - #40.
- Placed Second, Week #41.
- Placed Third in Week #42.
- Tied for First, Week #43.
- Placed Second, Week #45.
- Placed First, Week #46.
- Tied for First, Week #48.
- Tied for First, Week #50.
- Tied for First, Week #52.
Cast up to four votes in the comments by Saturday morning!
