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Francesco Primaticcio

1504 - 1570

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Francesco Primaticcio (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko primaˈtittʃo]; April 30, 1504 – 1570) was an Italian Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco Primaticcio has received more than 78,825 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Francesco Primaticcio is the 326th most popular painter (up from 338th in 2019), the 1,060th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,091st in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Italian Painter.

Francesco Primaticcio is most famous for his work in the Palace of Fontainebleau, which he helped design and decorate.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Francesco Primaticcio ranks 326 out of 2,023Before him are Karl Bryullov, Carl Spitzweg, Alexander Roslin, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Oda Krohg, and Ary Scheffer. After him are Ludovico Carracci, Albert Marquet, Léon Bonnat, Meindert Hobbema, Thomas Couture, and Jean-Marc Nattier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1504, Francesco Primaticcio ranks 3Before him are Pope Pius V, and Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. After him are Sin Saimdang, Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, Heinrich Bullinger, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, Guru Angad, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Scipione Rebiba, Louis of Granada, and Charles Estienne. Among people deceased in 1570, Francesco Primaticcio ranks 2Before him is Jacopo Sansovino. After him are Francesco Melzi, Yi Hwang, Paris Bordone, Philibert de l'Orme, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, João de Barros, Frans Floris, Tielman Susato, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, and Diego Ortiz.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Primaticcio ranks 1,060 out of 5,161Before him are Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249), Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765), Bruttia Crispina (164), Lucius Accius (-170), Bettino Craxi (1934), and Gaspare Spontini (1774). After him are Giacomo Matteotti (1885), Gerard of Csanád (980), Sergio Corbucci (1926), Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751), Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry (1798), and Giacomo Carissimi (1605).

Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Francesco Primaticcio ranks 92Before him are Daniele da Volterra (1509), Bernardino Luini (1475), Cosimo Rosselli (1439), Luigi Russolo (1885), Cosimo Tura (1430), and Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1488). After him are Ludovico Carracci (1555), Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691), Palma Vecchio (1480), Giovanni Segantini (1858), John Singer Sargent (1856), and Federico Zuccari (1539).