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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 242,649 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Pietro da Cortona is the 189th most popular painter (up from 207th in 2019), the 663rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 702nd in 2019) and the 49th 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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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Pietro da Cortona ranks 189 out of 1,421Before him are Theo van Gogh, Nicholas Roerich, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Thomas Gainsborough, John William Waterhouse, and Margaret Keane. After him are Suzanne Valadon, Fra Bartolomeo, Benozzo Gozzoli, Quentin Matsys, Antoine-Jean Gros, and Ivan Shishkin.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro da Cortona ranks 663 out of 4,668Before him are Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685), Pope Mark (290), Joseph of Cupertino (1603), Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe (1749), Catherine Cornaro (1454), and Giovanni Agnelli (1866). After him are Camillus de Lellis (1550), Marozia (890), Pope Donus (610), Pope Benedict V (930), François Grimaldi (1201), and Pope Agapetus I (490).

Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Pietro da Cortona ranks 49Before him are Gentile Bellini (1429), Antonello da Messina (1430), Giulio Romano (1499), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), Agostino Carracci (1557), and John William Waterhouse (1849). After him are Fra Bartolomeo (1472), Benozzo Gozzoli (1420), Pisanello (1395), Zeuxis (-500), Andrea del Castagno (1420), and Giorgio Morandi (1890).