PAINTER

Andrea del Castagno

1420 - 1457

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Andrea del Castagno (Italian: [anˈdrɛːa del kaˈstaɲɲo]) or Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla (pronounced [anˈdrɛːa di ˈbartolo di barˈdʒilla]; c. 1419 – 19 August 1457) was an Italian Renaissance painter in Florence, influenced chiefly by Masaccio and Giotto di Bondone. His works include frescoes in Sant'Apollonia in Florence and the painted equestrian monument of Niccolò da Tolentino (1456) in Florence Cathedral. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrea del Castagno has received more than 151,085 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 39 in 2019). Andrea del Castagno is the 248th most popular painter (down from 204th in 2019), the 824th most popular biography from Italy (down from 699th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Italian Painter.

Andrea del Castagno is most famous for his frescoes, which are located in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence.

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  • 150k

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  • 64.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Andrea del Castagno ranks 248 out of 2,023. Before him are Il Sodoma, George Grosz, Gabriël Metsu, Georges Rouault, Piero di Cosimo, and František Kupka. After him are Carel Fabritius, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Giacomo Balla, Hubert van Eyck, Federico Barocci, and Ivan Kramskoi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1420, Andrea del Castagno ranks 5. Before him are Tomás de Torquemada, Jean Fouquet, Benozzo Gozzoli, and George of Poděbrady. After him are Abdal-Latif Mirza, Sesshū Tōyō, João Vaz Corte-Real, Agostino Barbarigo, Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Barthélemy d'Eyck, and Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou. Among people deceased in 1457, Andrea del Castagno ranks 6. Before him are Rita of Cascia, Ladislaus the Posthumous, Lorenzo Valla, Jingtai Emperor, and Danjong of Joseon. After him are Francesco Foscari, Ladislaus Hunyadi, Goharshad Begum, Bartolomeu Perestrello, Peter II, Duke of Brittany, and Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea del Castagno ranks 824 out of 5,161. Before him are Gigliola Cinquetti (1947), John of Capistrano (1386), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Rocco Siffredi (1964), Fausta (289), and Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522). After him are Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751), Berengar II of Italy (900), Raimondo Montecuccoli (1609), Riccardo Muti (1941), Errico Malatesta (1853), and Giacomo Balla (1871).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Andrea del Castagno ranks 67. Before him are Lorenzo di Credi (1459), Jacopo Bellini (1396), Antonio del Pollaiolo (1429), Sebastiano del Piombo (1485), Il Sodoma (1477), and Piero di Cosimo (1462). After him are Giacomo Balla (1871), Federico Barocci (1535), Salvator Rosa (1615), Gentile da Fabriano (1370), Francesco Hayez (1791), and Giorgio Morandi (1890).

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