PAINTER

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 298,345 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Andrea Pozzo is the 580th most popular painter (down from 219th in 2019), the 1,593rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 742nd in 2019) and the 146th 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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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Andrea Pozzo ranks 580 out of 2,023. Before him are Frederic Leighton, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Joseph Wright of Derby, Nadežda Petrović, Maria Reiter, and Heinrich Füger. After him are Joos van Cleve, Louis-Léopold Boilly, Fernand Cormon, Constantin Meunier, Henri-Edmond Cross, and Kunisada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, Andrea Pozzo ranks 9. Before him are Gülnuş Sultan, Johann Christoph Bach, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Shitao, André Charles Boulle, and Ihara Saikaku. After him are Seki Takakazu, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, Zheng Jing, and Giovanni Maria Bononcini. Among people deceased in 1709, Andrea Pozzo ranks 7. Before him are Ivan Mazepa, Giuseppe Torelli, Meindert Hobbema, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, and François Louis, Prince of Conti. After him are Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, François de la Chaise, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, and George Rooke.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea Pozzo ranks 1,593 out of 5,161. Before him are Theodora (900), Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria (1939), Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1591), Walter Zenga (1960), Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1490), and Felicitas of Rome (101). After him are Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502), Alfredo Ottaviani (1890), Giulietta Simionato (1910), Gino Cervi (1901), Giuditta Pasta (1797), and Welf I, Duke of Bavaria (1035).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Andrea Pozzo ranks 146. Before him are Guido of Siena (1230), Carlo Maratta (1625), Pietro Longhi (1701), Michael Pacher (1435), Paris Bordone (1500), and Bernardo Strozzi (1581). After him are Francesco del Cossa (1436), Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1683), Margarita Luti (1500), Giovanni Battista Moroni (1525), Francesco Francia (1450), and Domenico Fetti (1589).

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