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Gentile Bellini

1429 - 1507

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Gentile Bellini (c. 1429 – 23 February 1507) was an Italian painter of the school of Venice. He came from Venice's leading family of painters, and at least in the early part of his career was more highly regarded than his younger brother Giovanni Bellini, the reverse of the case today. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gentile Bellini has received more than 297,245 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Gentile Bellini is the 161st most popular painter (down from 153rd in 2019), the 560th most popular biography from Italy (down from 547th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Italian Painter.

Gentile Bellini was a Venetian painter who is most famous for his work on the Scuola Grande di San Rocco.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Gentile Bellini ranks 161 out of 2,023. Before him are Lili Elbe, Filippino Lippi, Man Ray, Frédéric Bazille, Édouard-Henri Avril, and Jacob Jordaens. After him are Jacob van Ruisdael, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Théodore Rousseau, Hilma af Klint, Edward Hopper, and William Hogarth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1429, Gentile Bellini ranks 1. After him are Antonio del Pollaiolo, Gülbahar Hatun, Mino da Fiesole, Peter, Constable of Portugal, and Ambrogio Contarini. Among people deceased in 1507, Gentile Bellini ranks 3. Before him are Cesare Borgia, and Martin Behaim. After him are Francis of Paola, Cosimo Rosselli, and Albertus Pictor.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gentile Bellini ranks 560 out of 5,161. Before him are Aloysius Gonzaga (1568), Romano Prodi (1939), Paolo Rossi (1956), Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937), Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), and Maria Luisa of Parma (1751). After him are Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Denis (210), Philip of Swabia (1177), Benedetto Croce (1866), Gregorio Allegri (1582), and Giacomo Leopardi (1798).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Gentile Bellini ranks 44. Before him are Antonello da Messina (1430), Lavinia Fontana (1552), Pontormo (1494), Umberto Boccioni (1882), Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290), and Filippino Lippi (1457). After him are Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512), Pinturicchio (1454), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), Fra Bartolomeo (1472), and Benozzo Gozzoli (1420).

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