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Piero di Cosimo

1462 - 1522

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Piero di Cosimo (2 January 1462 – 12 April 1522), also known as Piero di Lorenzo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, who continued to use an essentially Early Renaissance style into the 16th century. He is most famous for the mythological and allegorical subjects he painted in the late Quattrocento; he is said to have abandoned these to return to religious subjects under the influence of Savonarola, the preacher who exercised a huge sway in Florence in the 1490s, and had a similar effect on Botticelli. The High Renaissance style of the new century had little influence on him, and he retained the straightforward realism of his figures, which combines with an often whimsical treatment of his subjects to create the distinctive mood of his works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Piero di Cosimo has received more than 266,789 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Piero di Cosimo is the 246th most popular painter (down from 208th in 2019), the 813th most popular biography from Italy (down from 706th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Italian Painter.

Piero di Cosimo is most famous for his paintings of the natural world, in particular the landscapes of his native Tuscany.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Piero di Cosimo ranks 246 out of 2,023. Before him are Antonio del Pollaiolo, Sebastiano del Piombo, Il Sodoma, George Grosz, Gabriël Metsu, and Georges Rouault. After him are František Kupka, Andrea del Castagno, Carel Fabritius, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Giacomo Balla, and Hubert van Eyck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1462, Piero di Cosimo ranks 2. Before him is Louis XII of France. After him are Joanna la Beltraneja, Pietro Pomponazzi, Johannes Trithemius, Mihnea cel Rău, Pietro Lando, Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, and John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln. Among people deceased in 1522, Piero di Cosimo ranks 2. Before him is Johann Reuchlin. After him are Anne of France, Margarita Luti, 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, Piero di Cosimo ranks 813 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanna of Italy (1907), Aldo Rossi (1931), Phalaris (-700), Carlo Gozzi (1720), Peter, King of Hungary (1011), and Pietro Locatelli (1695). After him are Herod Agrippa II (28), Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900), Giovanni Pisano (1248), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Gigliola Cinquetti (1947), and John of Capistrano (1386).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Piero di Cosimo ranks 66. Before him are Lorenzo Lotto (1480), Lorenzo di Credi (1459), Jacopo Bellini (1396), Antonio del Pollaiolo (1429), Sebastiano del Piombo (1485), and Il Sodoma (1477). After him are Andrea del Castagno (1420), Giacomo Balla (1871), Federico Barocci (1535), Salvator Rosa (1615), Gentile da Fabriano (1370), and Francesco Hayez (1791).

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