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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1720 - 1778

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Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista piraˈneːzi; -eːsi]; also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'invenzione). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Battista Piranesi has received more than 971,000 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Giovanni Battista Piranesi is the 163rd most popular painter (up from 175th in 2019), the 570th most popular biography from Italy (up from 606th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Italian Painter.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi was a neoclassical artist who is most famous for his etchings of ancient Roman architecture.

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Giovanni Battista Piranesi ranks 163 out of 2,023. Before him are Man Ray, Frédéric Bazille, Édouard-Henri Avril, Jacob Jordaens, Gentile Bellini, and Jacob van Ruisdael. After him are Théodore Rousseau, Hilma af Klint, Edward Hopper, William Hogarth, Chaim Soutine, and Niko Pirosmani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1720, Giovanni Battista Piranesi ranks 2. Before him is Baron Munchausen. After him are Philip, Duke of Parma, Charles Edward Stuart, Carlo Gozzi, Anna Maria Mozart, James Hargreaves, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Emperor Sakuramachi, Heraclius II of Georgia, Charles Bonnet, and Vilna Gaon. Among people deceased in 1778, Giovanni Battista Piranesi ranks 4. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Carl Linnaeus, and Voltaire. After him are Laura Bassi, Anna Maria Mozart, James Hargreaves, Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Thomas Arne, and Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Piranesi ranks 570 out of 5,161. Before him are Benedetto Croce (1866), Gregorio Allegri (1582), Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Propertius (-50), Claudio Ranieri (1951), and Fausto Cercignani (1941). After him are Marcus Furius Camillus (-446), Ettore Bugatti (1881), Saint Eustace (10), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Gallienus (218), and Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Piranesi ranks 45. Before him are Lavinia Fontana (1552), Pontormo (1494), Umberto Boccioni (1882), Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290), Filippino Lippi (1457), and Gentile Bellini (1429). After him are Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512), Pinturicchio (1454), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), Fra Bartolomeo (1472), Benozzo Gozzoli (1420), and Domenichino (1581).

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