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Plautilla Nelli

1524 - 1588

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Sister Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588) was a self-taught nun-artist and the first ever known female Renaissance painter of Florence. She was a nun of the Dominican convent of St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Plautilla Nelli has received more than 127,026 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Plautilla Nelli is the 1,075th most popular painter, the 2,549th most popular biography from Italy and the 214th most popular Italian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Plautilla Nelli ranks 1,075 out of 2,023Before her are Nicolas-Jacques Conté, Joaquín Torres-García, Barbara Kruger, Agnes Block, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, and Wilhelm Leibl. After her are Massimo Stanzione, Romaine Brooks, Moretto da Brescia, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Bonaventura Berlinghieri, and Charles Joshua Chaplin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1524, Plautilla Nelli ranks 12Before her are Diego de Landa, Louise Labé, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Rani Durgavati, and François Hotman. After her are Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Martin Guerre, and Thomas Erastus. Among people deceased in 1588, Plautilla Nelli ranks 15Before her are Bernardino Telesio, Johann Weyer, Abtai Sain Khan, Alonso Sánchez Coello, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, and Valentin Weigel. After her are Louis of Granada, Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Giorgio Biandrata, Nicolás Monardes, and Diego Durán.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Plautilla Nelli ranks 2,549 out of 5,161Before her are Lorenzo Baldisseri (1940), Michele Rua (1837), Felice della Rovere (1483), Justus (600), Angelo Bagnasco (1943), and Antonio Barberini (1607). After her are Massimo Stanzione (1585), Romaine Brooks (1874), Giovanni Goria (1943), Moretto da Brescia (1498), Giovanni Lodetti (1942), and Laura Martinozzi (1639).

Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Plautilla Nelli ranks 214Before her are Mario Minniti (1577), Francesco Furini (1603), Simone Peterzano (1540), Alberto Burri (1915), Barbara Longhi (1552), and Davide Ghirlandaio (1452). After her are Massimo Stanzione (1585), Romaine Brooks (1874), Moretto da Brescia (1498), Bonaventura Berlinghieri (1210), Carlo Cignani (1628), and Giovanni Battista Crespi (1573).