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Girolamo Savoldo

1480 - 1548

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Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, also called Girolamo da Brescia (c. 1480–1485 – after 1548), was an Italian High Renaissance painter active mostly in Venice, although he also worked in other cities in northern Italy. He is noted for his subtle use of color and chiaroscuro, and for the sober realism of his works, which are mostly religious subjects, with a few portraits. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Girolamo Savoldo has received more than 35,333 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Girolamo Savoldo is the 928th most popular painter (up from 1,100th in 2019), the 2,331st most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,588th in 2019) and the 198th most popular Italian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Girolamo Savoldo ranks 928 out of 2,023. Before him are Andrea Schiavone, Gutzon Borglum, Jan Porcellis, Cornelis Cort, Sebald Beham, and Henri Gervex. After him are Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, Zhang Zeduan, Antonio López García, and Abraham van Beijeren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Girolamo Savoldo ranks 30. Before him are Sebastián de Belalcázar, Herri met de Bles, António de Abreu, Pir Sultan Abdal, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, and Pedro Damiano. After him are Girolamo Aleandro, Antonio de Guevara, Frederick II of Legnica, Duarte Barbosa, Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, and Vannoccio Biringuccio. Among people deceased in 1548, Girolamo Savoldo ranks 6. Before him are Catherine Parr, Sigismund I the Old, Gonzalo Pizarro, Juan Diego, and Juan de Zumárraga. After him are João de Castro, Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg, and Pascual de Andagoya.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Girolamo Savoldo ranks 2,331 out of 5,161. Before him are Coppo di Marcovaldo (1225), Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707), Angelica Catalani (1780), Ugo Betti (1892), Luigi Musso (1924), and Maria Caterina Farnese (1615). After him are Eleonora Rossi Drago (1925), Francesco Toldo (1971), Isabella of Clermont (1424), Marietta Alboni (1823), Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (1455), and George P. Cosmatos (1941).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Girolamo Savoldo ranks 198. Before him are Renato Guttuso (1911), Lucia Anguissola (1536), Gaspard Dughet (1613), Giampietrino (1495), Il Pordenone (1484), and Coppo di Marcovaldo (1225). After him are Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (1455), Perino del Vaga (1501), Tommaso da Modena (1326), Mario Merz (1925), Vincenzo Foppa (1427), and Giovanni di Paolo (1403).

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