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Duccio

1255 - 1319

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Duccio di Buoninsegna (UK: DOO-chee-oh, Italian: [ˈduttʃo di ˌbwɔninˈseɲɲa]; c. 1255–1260 – c. 1318–1319), commonly known as just Duccio, was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th century. He was hired throughout his life to complete many important works in government and religious buildings around Italy. Duccio is considered one of the greatest Italian painters of the Middle Ages, and is credited with creating the painting styles of Trecento and the Sienese school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duccio has received more than 423,773 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia. Duccio is the 88th most popular painter (up from 98th in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Italy (up from 325th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Painter.

Duccio is most famous for his work on the frescoes of the Siena Cathedral.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Duccios by language

Over the past year Duccio has had the most page views in the with 42,841 views, followed by Italian (27,214), and Spanish (10,952). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Sicilian (99.05%), Latin (86.23%), and Korean (62.22%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Duccio ranks 88 out of 2,023. Before him are Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Canaletto, Pietro Perugino, Berthe Morisot, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and Honoré Daumier. After him are Mary Cassatt, Paolo Uccello, Rogier van der Weyden, Francis Picabia, Oskar Kokoschka, and Paul Signac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1255, Duccio ranks 1. After him are Albert I of Germany, Adolf of Germany, Ferdinand de la Cerda, Elizabeth of Hungary, Queen of Serbia, Reginald I of Guelders, George, Emperor of Trebizond, Andrey of Gorodets, and Dino Compagni. Among people deceased in 1319, Duccio ranks 1. After him are Eric VI of Denmark, Haakon V of Norway, Louis, Count of Évreux, Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Beatrice of Luxembourg, Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden, and Guan Daosheng.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Duccio ranks 290 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Gelasius II (1062), Valentinian III (419), Pope Felix III (440), Pope John VIII (820), Didius Julianus (133), and Pope Urban I (222). After him are Messalina (17), Pope Sergius IV (970), Germanicus (-15), Tommaso Campanella (1568), Umberto I of Italy (1844), and Pope Damasus I (305).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Duccio ranks 25. Before him are Giovanni Bellini (1430), Piero della Francesca (1415), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696), Cimabue (1240), Canaletto (1697), and Pietro Perugino (1446). After him are Paolo Uccello (1475), Antonio da Correggio (1489), Lisa del Giocondo (1479), Filippo Lippi (1406), Sofonisba Anguissola (1535), and Bronzino (1503).

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