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Francesco Melzi

1491 - 1570

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Francesco Melzi, or Francesco de Melzi (1491–1567), was an Italian painter born into a family of the Milanese nobility in Lombardy. He became a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci and remained as his closest professional assistant throughout his career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco Melzi has received more than 382,514 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Francesco Melzi is the 288th most popular painter (up from 300th in 2019), the 932nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 956th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Italian Painter.

Francesco Melzi was a member of the Italian nobility who served as the regent of the Duchy of Milan during the minority of Duke Gian Galeazzo Sforza.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Francesco Melzi ranks 288 out of 1,421Before him are Félix Vallotton, Salvator Rosa, Carlo Carrà, Angela Hitler, Antoni Tàpies, and Gerrit Dou. After him are Max Beckmann, John Singer Sargent, Baldassare Peruzzi, Adriaen van Ostade, Anselm Kiefer, and Paul Delvaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1491, Francesco Melzi ranks 5Before him are Henry VIII of England, Ignatius of Loyola, Jacques Cartier, and Zhengde Emperor. After him are Martin Bucer, Lapu-Lapu, Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, Nicolò da Ponte, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, and Teofilo Folengo. Among people deceased in 1570, Francesco Melzi ranks 2Before him is Jacopo Sansovino. After him are Francesco Primaticcio, Yi Hwang, Paris Bordone, Philibert de l'Orme, João de Barros, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, Frans Floris, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, and Tielman Susato.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Melzi ranks 932 out of 4,668Before him are Rocco Siffredi (1964), Cesare Pavese (1908), Eleonora Gonzaga (1630), Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431), Francesca Caccini (1587), and Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522). After him are Andrea Gabrieli (1533), Antipope Clement III (1025), Mina (1940), Roger de Flor (1267), John Singer Sargent (1856), and Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667).

Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Francesco Melzi ranks 81Before him are Guercino (1591), Il Sodoma (1477), Carlo Crivelli (1430), Jacopo Bassano (1510), Salvator Rosa (1615), and Carlo Carrà (1881). After him are John Singer Sargent (1856), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), François Gérard (1770), Masolino da Panicale (1383), Francesco Albani (1578), and Rosalba Carriera (1673).