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Orazio Gentileschi

1563 - 1639

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Orazio Lomi Gentileschi (1563–1639) was an Italian painter. Born in Tuscany, he began his career in Rome, painting in a Mannerist style, much of his work consisting of painting the figures within the decorative schemes of other artists. After 1600, he came under the influence of the more naturalistic style of Caravaggio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orazio Gentileschi has received more than 260,405 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Orazio Gentileschi is the 295th most popular painter (down from 257th in 2019), the 960th most popular biography from Italy (down from 853rd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Italian Painter.

Orazio Gentileschi is most famous for his painting, "The Sacrifice of Iphigenia." The painting depicts the sacrifice of Iphigenia in order to appease the gods and ensure a safe voyage for the Greeks.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Orazio Gentileschi ranks 295 out of 2,023. Before him are Natalia Goncharova, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Carlo Crivelli, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Louis Wain, and Jacopo Bassano. After him are Félicien Rops, Carlo Carrà, Horace Vernet, Pieter Claesz, Vilhelm Hammershøi, and Masolino da Panicale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1563, Orazio Gentileschi ranks 3. Before him are Wanli Emperor, and John Dowland. After him are Johannes Althusius, Mavro Orbini, Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, Guru Arjan, Andrew Báthory, Jodocus Hondius, Hosokawa Gracia, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, and Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst. Among people deceased in 1639, Orazio Gentileschi ranks 4. Before him are Mustafa I, Tommaso Campanella, and Martin de Porres. After him are Roelant Savery, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Stefano Landi, Martin Opitz, Augusta of Denmark, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and John Ford.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Orazio Gentileschi ranks 960 out of 5,161. Before him are Filippo Maria Visconti (1392), Hugo Pratt (1927), Jacopo Bassano (1510), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), Faustina the Elder (105), and Frances of Rome (1384). After him are Giacomo Agostini (1942), Vibia Sabina (86), Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Carlo Carrà (1881), Emilio De Bono (1866), and Odilo Globočnik (1904).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Orazio Gentileschi ranks 83. Before him are Pietro Lorenzetti (1280), Zeuxis (-500), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), François Gérard (1770), Carlo Crivelli (1430), and Jacopo Bassano (1510). After him are Carlo Carrà (1881), Masolino da Panicale (1383), Daniele da Volterra (1509), Bernardino Luini (1475), Cosimo Rosselli (1439), and Luigi Russolo (1885).

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