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Orcagna

1315 - 1368

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Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – 25 August 1368), better known as Orcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence. He worked as a consultant at the Florence Cathedral and supervised the construction of the façade at the Orvieto Cathedral. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orcagna has received more than 63,231 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Orcagna is the 383rd most popular painter (up from 433rd in 2019), the 1,201st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,324th in 2019) and the 107th most popular Italian Painter.

Orcagna is most famous for his frescoes in the Orvieto Cathedral.

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  • 63k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Orcagna ranks 383 out of 2,023. Before him are Aelbert Cuyp, Marie Laurencin, Robert Rauschenberg, Giuseppe Castiglione, David Teniers the Younger, and Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. After him are Armand Guillaumin, Friedrich von Amerling, Aleksandra Ekster, Lorenzo Costa, François Clouet, and Koloman Moser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1315, Orcagna ranks 3. Before him are Empress Gi, and Bonne of Luxembourg. After him are Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, Étienne Marcel, James III of Majorca, Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond, Basil of Trebizond, Muhammad IV of Granada, Constanza Manuel, Chunghye of Goryeo, and Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1368, Orcagna ranks 2. Before him is Ibn Battuta. After him are Guy de Chauliac, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Blanche of Lancaster, Emperor Go-Murakami, Ilyas Khoja, and Marco Cornaro.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Orcagna ranks 1,201 out of 5,161. Before him are Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1663), Enzo Bearzot (1927), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Giorgia Meloni (1977), Andrea Gritti (1455), and Maurice Garin (1871). After him are Armando Diaz (1861), Alessandro Valignano (1539), Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (-265), Antonio Segni (1891), Antipope John XVI (1000), and Girolamo Fracastoro (1476).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Orcagna ranks 107. Before him are Taddeo Gaddi (1290), Lorenzo Monaco (1370), Francesco Albani (1578), Elisabetta Sirani (1638), Francesco Melzi (1491), and Giuseppe Castiglione (1688). After him are Lorenzo Costa (1460), Giambattista Pittoni (1687), Gino Severini (1883), Andrea Solari (1460), Pietro Cavallini (1240), and Marcantonio Raimondi (1480).

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