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Paolo Veronese

1528 - 1588

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Paolo Caliari (1528 – 19 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( VERR-ə-NAY-zay, -⁠zee, also US: -⁠see, Italian: [ˈpaːolo veroˈneːze, -eːse]), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at Cana (1563) and The Feast in the House of Levi (1573). Included with Titian, a generation older, and Tintoretto, a decade senior, Veronese is one of the "great trio that dominated Venetian painting of the cinquecento" and the Late Renaissance in the 16th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paolo Veronese has received more than 678,699 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Paolo Veronese is the 46th most popular painter (up from 53rd in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Italy (up from 144th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Painter.

Paolo Veronese is most famous for his paintings of religious subjects, such as the Last Supper and the Crucifixion.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Paolo Veronese by language

Over the past year Paolo Veronese has had the most page views in the with 82,727 views, followed by Italian (45,448), and French (35,527). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tajik (367.59%), West Frisian (120.86%), and Ido (100.51%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Paolo Veronese ranks 46 out of 2,023. Before him are Gustave Courbet, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Amedeo Modigliani, Tintoretto, Nicolas Poussin, and Anthony van Dyck. After him are Andrea del Verrocchio, J. M. W. Turner, Paul Klee, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Andrea Mantegna, and Georges Braque.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1528, Paolo Veronese ranks 1. After him are Jeanne d'Albret, Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Archduchess Anna of Austria, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Catharina van Hemessen, Theodor de Bry, Henri Estienne, Paolo Boi, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, and Birbal. Among people deceased in 1588, Paolo Veronese ranks 2. Before him is Mimar Sinan. After him are Frederick II of Denmark, Henry I, Duke of Guise, 3rd Dalai Lama, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Qi Jiguang, Henri, Prince of Condé, Bernardino Telesio, Johann Weyer, Abtai Sain Khan, and Alonso Sánchez Coello.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Veronese ranks 130 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Adrian II (792), John Bosco (1815), Donato Bramante (1443), Clare of Assisi (1193), Andrea Palladio (1508), and Pope Gregory XVI (1765). After him are Cesare Borgia (1475), Pope Urban VII (1521), Andrea del Verrocchio (1435), Pope Boniface VIII (1235), Pope Gregory IX (1160), and Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Paolo Veronese ranks 11. Before him are Titian (1488), Donatello (1386), Giotto (1267), Masaccio (1401), Amedeo Modigliani (1884), and Tintoretto (1518). After him are Andrea del Verrocchio (1435), Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526), Andrea Mantegna (1431), Fra Angelico (1400), Giorgione (1478), and Artemisia Gentileschi (1593).

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