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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

1607 - 1665

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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (baptized 23 March 1609 – 5 May 1664) was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his etchings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione has received more than 89,769 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione is the 827th most popular painter (down from 793rd in 2019), the 2,122nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,043rd in 2019) and the 185th most popular Italian Painter.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ranks 827 out of 2,023. Before him are Takashi Murakami, Zao Wou-Ki, Vladimir Borovikovsky, Michiel Coxie, Nuno Gonçalves, and Cassandre. After him are Luis Ricardo Falero, Sigmar Polke, Ferrer Bassa, Jean François de Troy, Louis Anquetin, and Peter Snayers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1607, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ranks 11. Before him are John Harvard, Infante Carlos of Spain, Zhu Yousong, Wenceslaus Hollar, Paul Gerhardt, and Akile Hatun. After him are Antoine Gombaud, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Antonio Barberini, Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Song Si-yeol. Among people deceased in 1665, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ranks 15. Before him are Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Andreas Cellarius, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, and Jean Bolland. After him are Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Lorenzo Lippi, and Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ranks 2,122 out of 5,161. Before him are Agostino di Duccio (1418), Beatrice Regina della Scala (1333), Pietro Cataldi (1552), Anne Marie Martinozzi (1637), Luisa of Naples and Sicily (1773), and Orso Ipato (726). After him are Goffredo Mameli (1827), Orio Mastropiero (1150), Beniamino Stella (1941), Achille Varzi (1904), Julia (-190), and Giulia Tofana (1581).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ranks 185. Before him are Bartolomeo Montagna (1450), Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze (1343), Ercole de' Roberti (1450), Andrea Appiani (1754), Alvise Vivarini (1445), and Giovanni Baglione (1566). After him are Vincenzo Catena (1470), Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719), Luca Cambiaso (1527), Cigoli (1559), Prospero Fontana (1512), and Leandro Bassano (1557).

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