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Margarita Luti

1500 - 1522

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Margarita Luti (also Margherita Luti or La Fornarina, "the baker's daughter") was the mistress and model of Raphael. The story of their love has become "the archetypal artist–model relationship of Western tradition", yet little is known of her life. Of her, Flaubert wrote, in his Dictionary of Received Ideas, "Fornarina. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margarita Luti has received more than 199,678 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Margarita Luti is the 597th most popular painter, the 1,629th most popular biography from Italy and the 149th most popular Italian Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Margarita Luti ranks 597 out of 2,023. Before her are Jasper Johns, Jozef Israëls, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Wolf Vostell, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, and Erwin Bowien. After her are Jules Breton, Carl Bloch, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Remedios Varo, Nicolas de Largillière, and Martiros Saryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Margarita Luti ranks 22. Before her are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Afanasy Nikitin, Reginald Pole, Francisco Serrão, Paris Bordone, and Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada. After her are Gaspar de Lemos, Ruy López de Villalobos, Jan Mandijn, Fernão do Pó, Elizabeth Blount, and Muhammad XIII of Granada. Among people deceased in 1522, Margarita Luti ranks 4. Before her are Johann Reuchlin, Piero di Cosimo, and Anne of France. After her are Antonio de Nebrija, Piero Soderini, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Ramón de Cardona, Hans von Kulmbach, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, Alain I of Albret, and Franchinus Gaffurius.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Margarita Luti ranks 1,629 out of 5,161. Before her are Natalie of Serbia (1859), Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy (1632), Salvatore Giuliano (1922), Franco Battiato (1945), Jacopo Sannazaro (1458), and Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1683). After her are Vittoria Aleotti (1575), Dino Grandi (1895), Riz Ortolani (1926), Pier Luigi Nervi (1891), Thiago Alcântara (1991), and Moses Montefiore (1784).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Margarita Luti ranks 149. Before her are Michael Pacher (1435), Paris Bordone (1500), Bernardo Strozzi (1581), Andrea Pozzo (1642), Francesco del Cossa (1436), and Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1683). After her are Giovanni Battista Moroni (1525), Francesco Francia (1450), Domenico Fetti (1589), Palma il Giovane (1548), Lippo Memmi (1291), and Agnolo Gaddi (1350).

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