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Ambrogio Lorenzetti

1290 - 1348

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Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian pronunciation: [amˈbrɔːdʒo lorenˈtsetti]; c. 1290 – after 9 August 1348) was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active from approximately 1317 to 1348. He painted The Allegory of Good and Bad Government in the Sala dei Nove (Salon of Nine or Council Room) in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ambrogio Lorenzetti has received more than 249,209 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 45 in 2019). Ambrogio Lorenzetti is the 154th most popular painter (down from 148th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from Italy (down from 521st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Italian Painter.

Ambrogio Lorenzetti is most famous for his frescoes in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, Italy. The frescoes depict scenes from the life of the city's patron saint, St. John the Baptist.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ambrogio Lorenzetti ranks 154 out of 2,023. Before him are Suzanne Valadon, Emil Nolde, André Derain, Eugène Boudin, Jean-Léon Gérôme, and Otto Dix. After him are Lili Elbe, Filippino Lippi, Man Ray, Frédéric Bazille, Édouard-Henri Avril, and Jacob Jordaens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1290, Ambrogio Lorenzetti ranks 1. After him are Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France, Andrea Pisano, Leopold I, Duke of Austria, Rustichello da Pisa, Taddeo Gaddi, Muhammad bin Tughluq, Bernardo Daddi, Gajah Mada, John Parricida, Jacob van Artevelde, and Beatrice of Silesia. Among people deceased in 1348, Ambrogio Lorenzetti ranks 1. After him are Andrea Pisano, Pietro Lorenzetti, Laura de Noves, Al-Dhahabi, Bernardo Daddi, Giovanni Villani, Blanche of Valois, Don Juan Manuel, Emperor Hanazono, Barlaam of Seminara, and Ferrer Bassa.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ambrogio Lorenzetti ranks 527 out of 5,161. Before him are Alberto Ascari (1918), Pope Stephen III (720), Pietro Aretino (1492), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Longinus (100), and Pope-elect Stephen (700). After him are Pope Anterus (180), Marcello Lippi (1948), Elisabeth Farnese (1692), Conrad IV of Germany (1228), Lucullus (-118), and Pope John III (520).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Ambrogio Lorenzetti ranks 42. Before him are Andrea del Sarto (1486), Parmigianino (1503), Antonello da Messina (1430), Lavinia Fontana (1552), Pontormo (1494), and Umberto Boccioni (1882). After him are Filippino Lippi (1457), Gentile Bellini (1429), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512), Pinturicchio (1454), and Bernardo Bellotto (1721).

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