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Pietro da Cortona

1596 - 1669

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Pietro da Cortona (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro da (k)korˈtoːna]; 1 November 1596 or 1597 – 16 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pietro da Cortona has received more than 262,905 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Pietro da Cortona is the 196th most popular painter (down from 189th in 2019), the 674th most popular biography from Italy (down from 661st in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Italian Painter.

Pietro da Cortona was a painter and architect who is most famous for his frescoes in the Palazzo Barberini.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Pietro da Cortona ranks 196 out of 2,023. Before him are Sonia Delaunay, Helene Schjerfbeck, Giulio Romano, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Utamaro, and Pieter de Hooch. After him are Henry Fuseli, Zdzisław Beksiński, Pisanello, Quentin Matsys, Francesco Guardi, and Gerhard Richter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Pietro da Cortona ranks 4. Before him are René Descartes, Michael of Russia, and Frederick V of the Palatinate. After him are Jan van Goyen, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Nicola Amati, Pieter Claesz, Baldassare Longhena, Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Peter Mogila, and Johan Banér. Among people deceased in 1669, Pietro da Cortona ranks 3. Before him are Rembrandt, and Pope Clement IX. After him are François l'Olonnais, Henrietta Maria of France, Antonio Cesti, Oboi, Maria Miloslavskaya, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Arnold Geulincx, Louis, Duke of Vendôme, and Pieter Post.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro da Cortona ranks 674 out of 5,161. Before him are Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810), Franco Baresi (1960), Pope Romanus (850), Henry of Germany (1211), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), and Gianni Rivera (1943). After him are Franco Zeffirelli (1923), Patrizia Reggiani (1948), Palmiro Togliatti (1893), Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (1510), Euhemerus (-330), and Silvio Piola (1913).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Pietro da Cortona ranks 53. Before him are Pinturicchio (1454), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), Fra Bartolomeo (1472), Benozzo Gozzoli (1420), Domenichino (1581), and Giulio Romano (1499). After him are Pisanello (1395), Francesco Guardi (1712), John William Waterhouse (1849), Rosso Fiorentino (1494), Luca Giordano (1634), and Agostino Carracci (1557).

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