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Ambrogio Lorenzetti

1290 - 1348

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Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian pronunciation: [amˈbrɔːdʒo lorenˈtsetti]; c. 1290 – 9 June 1348) or Ambruogio Laurati 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 234,967 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Ambrogio Lorenzetti is the 148th most popular painter (down from 135th in 2019), the 522nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 451st in 2019) and the 40th 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 148 out of 1,421Before him are André Derain, Alexandre Cabanel, Robert Campin, Jean Dubuffet, Hugo van der Goes, and Fernando Botero. After him are Filippino Lippi, Otto Dix, Lavinia Fontana, Utamaro, Gentile Bellini, and William Hogarth.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ambrogio Lorenzetti ranks 522 out of 4,668Before him are Pope Hilarius (415), Giulio Caccini (1551), Ettore Bugatti (1881), Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), Pope Innocent I (378), and Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777). After him are Propertius (-50), Pope Stephen II (715), Anastasia of Sirmium (281), Maria Luisa of Parma (1751), Caterina Sforza (1463), and Pope Telesphorus (100).

Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Ambrogio Lorenzetti ranks 40Before him are Bronzino (1503), Annibale Carracci (1560), Umberto Boccioni (1882), Parmigianino (1503), Andrea del Sarto (1486), and Pontormo (1494). After him are Filippino Lippi (1457), Lavinia Fontana (1552), Gentile Bellini (1429), Antonello da Messina (1430), Giulio Romano (1499), and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720).