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Andrea Pozzo

1642 - 1709

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Andrea Pozzo (Italian: [anˈdrɛːa ˈpottso]; Latinized version: Andreas Puteus; 30 November 1642 – 31 August 1709) was an Italian Jesuit brother, Baroque painter, architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician. Pozzo was best known for his grandiose frescoes using the technique of quadratura to create an illusion of three-dimensional space on flat surfaces. His masterpiece is the nave ceiling of the Church of Sant'Ignazio in Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrea Pozzo has received more than 276,512 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Andrea Pozzo is the 219th most popular painter (down from 208th in 2019), the 744th most popular biography from Italy (down from 709th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Italian Painter.

Andrea Pozzo was a painter and architect who is most famous for his work in the Church of Sant'Ignazio in Rome.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Andrea Pozzo ranks 219 out of 1,421. Before him are Joaquín Sorolla, Lorenzo di Credi, Gerard van Honthorst, H. R. Giger, Joshua Reynolds, and Sonia Delaunay. After him are George Grosz, Aristide Maillol, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, Bernardo Bellotto, Jacopo Bellini, and Raoul Dufy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, Andrea Pozzo ranks 4. Before him are Mehmed IV, Suleiman II, and Gülnuş Sultan. After him are Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Johann Christoph Bach, Shitao, André Charles Boulle, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Ihara Saikaku, Seki Takakazu, and Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins. Among people deceased in 1709, Andrea Pozzo ranks 2. Before him is Ivan Mazepa. After him are Giuseppe Torelli, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Meindert Hobbema, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, François Louis, Prince of Conti, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and François de la Chaise.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea Pozzo ranks 744 out of 4,668. Before him are Faustina the Younger (125), Beatrice Cenci (1577), Pupienus (170), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Jacobus da Varagine (1228), and Pope Stephen VI (850). After him are Julius Evola (1898), Pope Severinus (600), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), Pope Leo VI (914), Vannozza dei Cattanei (1442), and Pope Romanus (850).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Andrea Pozzo ranks 60. Before him are Andrea del Castagno (1420), Giorgio Morandi (1890), Piero di Cosimo (1462), Antonio del Pollaiolo (1429), Pinturicchio (1454), and Lorenzo di Credi (1459). After him are Bernardo Bellotto (1721), Jacopo Bellini (1396), Luca Giordano (1634), Giacomo Balla (1871), Lorenzo Lotto (1480), and Pietro Lorenzetti (1280).

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