PAINTER

Lisa del Giocondo

1479 - 1542

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Lisa del Giocondo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈliːza del dʒoˈkondo]; née Gherardini [ɡerarˈdiːni]; June 15, 1479 – July 14, 1542) was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany. Her name was given to the Mona Lisa, her portrait commissioned by her husband and painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the Italian Renaissance. Little is known about Lisa's life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lisa del Giocondo has received more than 3,437,888 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Lisa del Giocondo is the 99th most popular painter (down from 90th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from Italy (down from 299th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Italian Painter.

Lisa del Giocondo is most famous for being the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa.

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  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Lisa del Giocondo ranks 99 out of 2,023. Before her are Oskar Kokoschka, Paul Signac, Andrei Rublev, Max Ernst, Mark Rothko, and Antonio da Correggio. After her are Filippo Lippi, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Sofonisba Anguissola, Bronzino, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, and Vittore Carpaccio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1479, Lisa del Giocondo ranks 3. Before her are Joanna of Castile, and Hafsa Sultan. After her are Vasili III of Russia, Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, Diego Columbus, Peter Henlein, Guru Amar Das, Ippolito d'Este, Vallabha, Francisco de Montejo, and Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1542, Lisa del Giocondo ranks 2. Before her is Catherine Howard. After her are 2nd Dalai Lama, James V of Scotland, Lapu-Lapu, Hernando de Soto, Dosso Dossi, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, Sayyida al Hurra, Peter Henlein, Thomas Wyatt, and Malik Muhammad Jayasi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lisa del Giocondo ranks 337 out of 5,161. Before her are Pope Eugene II (780), Giambattista Vico (1668), Antonio da Correggio (1489), Cosimo de' Medici (1389), Pope Agatho (574), and Tinto Brass (1933). After her are Pope Sergius III (860), Albano Carrisi (1943), Reinhold Messner (1944), Pope Gregory VI (1000), Filippo Lippi (1406), and Sallust (-86).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Lisa del Giocondo ranks 28. Before her are Cimabue (1240), Canaletto (1697), Pietro Perugino (1446), Duccio (1255), Paolo Uccello (1475), and Antonio da Correggio (1489). After her are Filippo Lippi (1406), Sofonisba Anguissola (1535), Bronzino (1503), Vittore Carpaccio (1465), Guido Reni (1575), and Annibale Carracci (1560).

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