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Luca Cambiaso

1527 - 1585

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Luca Cambiaso (also known as Luca Cambiasi and Luca Cangiagio (being Candiaxo or Cangiaxo [kaŋˈdʒaːʒu] the surname in Ligurian); 18 November 1527 – 6 September 1585) was an Italian painter and draughtsman and the leading artist in Genoa in the 16th century. He is considered the founder of the Genoese school who established the local tradition of historical fresco painting through his many decorations of Genoese churches and palaces. He produced a number of poetic night scenes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luca Cambiaso has received more than 27,718 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Luca Cambiaso is the 830th most popular painter (up from 839th in 2019), the 2,100th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,090th in 2019) and the 180th most popular Italian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Luca Cambiaso ranks 830 out of 1,421Before him are Carmen Herrera, Xia Gui, Gustave Boulanger, Marie Bracquemond, Mario Merz, and Denis Calvaert. After him are Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Eugène Grasset, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Ambrosius Benson, Emile Claus, and Frits Thaulow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1527, Luca Cambiaso ranks 13Before him are Qi Jiguang, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Luis de León, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Agnes of Hesse, and Li Zhi. After him are Pellegrino Tibaldi, Anna Sophia of Prussia, Hamida Banu Begum, and Łukasz Górnicki. Among people deceased in 1585, Luca Cambiaso ranks 9Before him are Yermak Timofeyevich, Pierre de Ronsard, Andrea Gabrieli, Thomas Tallis, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, and Rembert Dodoens. After him is Nicolò da Ponte.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luca Cambiaso ranks 2,100 out of 4,668Before him are Umberto Saba (1883), Giuseppe Terragni (1904), Valerio Zurlini (1926), Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478), Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain (1755), and Leonardo Donato (1536). After him are Lucio Battisti (1943), Giuseppe Pella (1902), Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara (1564), Indro Montanelli (1909), Tommaso Traetta (1727), and Hippocrates of Gela (-600).

Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Luca Cambiaso ranks 180Before him are Carlo Saraceni (1579), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1607), Bartolomeo Vivarini (1432), Bramantino (1465), Marcello Bacciarelli (1731), and Mario Merz (1925). After him are Domenico Tintoretto (1560), Ercole de' Roberti (1450), Romaine Brooks (1874), Cigoli (1559), Antonio Vivarini (1440), and Constantin Hansen (1804).