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Jacopo Sansovino

1486 - 1570

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Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino (2 July 1486 – 27 November 1570) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, best known for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. These are crucial works in the history of Venetian Renaissance architecture. Andrea Palladio, in the Preface to his Quattro Libri was of the opinion that Sansovino's Biblioteca Marciana was the best building erected since Antiquity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacopo Sansovino has received more than 129,480 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacopo Sansovino is the 20th most popular sculptor (up from 21st in 2019), the 719th most popular biography from Italy (up from 755th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Sculptor.

Jacopo Sansovino is most famous for his work on the Library of San Marco in Venice.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Jacopo Sansovino ranks 20 out of 258. Before him are Constantin Brâncuși, Giambologna, Scopas, Henry Moore, Nicola Pisano, and Marie Tussaud. After him are Luca della Robbia, Alessandro Algardi, Giovanni Pisano, Alexander Calder, Andrea Pisano, and Paul Landowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Jacopo Sansovino ranks 4. Before him are Andrea del Sarto, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, and Arthur, Prince of Wales. After him are Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Sher Shah Suri, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Francysk Skaryna, Martin Agricola, Gerolamo Emiliani, Ahuitzotl, and Domenico di Pace Beccafumi. Among people deceased in 1570, Jacopo Sansovino ranks 1. After him are Francesco Primaticcio, 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, Jacopo Sansovino ranks 719 out of 5,161. Before him are Renata Tebaldi (1922), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (1772), Ludovico Einaudi (1955), Giacomo della Porta (1533), and Mario Monti (1943). After him are Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (1822), Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836), Giulia Farnese (1474), William II of Sicily (1153), Fausto Coppi (1919), and Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (-229).

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Among SCULPTORS In Italy

Among sculptors born in Italy, Jacopo Sansovino ranks 5. Before him are Benvenuto Cellini (1500), Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378), Antonio Canova (1757), and Nicola Pisano (1225). After him are Luca della Robbia (1399), Alessandro Algardi (1595), Giovanni Pisano (1248), Andrea Pisano (1290), Andrea della Robbia (1435), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), and Andrea Sansovino (1467).

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