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Francesco Granacci

1469 - 1543

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Francesco Granacci (1469 – 30 November 1543) was an Italian Renaissance painter active primarily in his native Florence. Though little-known today, he was regarded in his time and is featured in Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists. Granacci was born in 1469 in Villamagna, and was trained in Florence in the workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio, where he became lifelong friends with Michelangelo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco Granacci has received more than 71,776 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Granacci is the 1,257th most popular painter (down from 1,106th in 2019), the 2,851st most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,600th in 2019) and the 239th most popular Italian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Francesco Granacci ranks 1,257 out of 2,023. Before him are Julio Romero de Torres, Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Nasreddine Dinet, Antoine Caron, Louis Gallait, and Jean Carzou. After him are Jan Rustem, Constant Permeke, Giuseppe Amisani, Torii Kiyonobu I, Orlan, and Serge Poliakoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1469, Francesco Granacci ranks 10. Before him are Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Thomas Cajetan, John Fisher, Rodrigo de Triana, Ishak Pasha, and Elia Levita. After him is Laura Cereta. Among people deceased in 1543, Francesco Granacci ranks 17. Before him are Francesco Canova da Milano, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Susanna of Bavaria, Sebastian Franck, Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Melchior Hoffman. After him is Quli Qutb Shah.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Granacci ranks 2,851 out of 5,161. Before him are Giosafat Barbaro (1413), Piero Cappuccilli (1929), Marco da Gagliano (1582), Giovanni da Udine (1487), Pietro Grasso (1945), and Massimo Ranieri (1951). After him are Giuseppe Baldo (1914), Piero Piccioni (1921), Michele Steno (1331), Clemente Micara (1879), Giovanni Galbaio (800), and Maria d'Este (1644).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Francesco Granacci ranks 239. Before him are Bartolo di Fredi (1330), Bartolomeo Carducci (1554), Franciabigio (1484), Valerio Adami (1935), Giuseppe Abbati (1836), and Vincenzo Camuccini (1771). After him are Giuseppe Amisani (1881), Francesco Zuccarelli (1702), Luca Carlevarijs (1663), Domenico Tintoretto (1560), Giottino (1324), and Vitale da Bologna (1289).

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