PAINTER

Pontormo

1494 - 1557

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Jacopo Carucci or Carrucci (IPA: [ˈjaːkopo ka(r)ˈruttʃi]; May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557), usually known as Jacopo (da) Pontormo or simply Pontormo (IPA: [ponˈtormo]), was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents a profound stylistic shift from the calm perspectival regularity that characterized the art of the Florentine Renaissance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pontormo has received more than 384,125 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Pontormo is the 143rd most popular painter (down from 139th in 2019), the 503rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 488th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Italian Painter.

Pietro da Cortona was an Italian painter who was born in 1596 and died in 1669. He is most famous for his frescoes in the Palazzo Barberini in Rome, which were commissioned by Pope Urban VIII.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Pontormo ranks 143 out of 2,023. Before him are Odilon Redon, Antonello da Messina, Lavinia Fontana, Robert Campin, Robert Delaunay, and Tamara de Lempicka. After him are Umberto Boccioni, Charles Le Brun, Theo van Gogh, Albrecht Altdorfer, Suzanne Valadon, and Emil Nolde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1494, Pontormo ranks 6. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent, Francis I of France, François Rabelais, Fuzûlî, and Georgius Agricola. After him are Bona Sforza, Jean Parisot de Valette, Leo Africanus, Rosso Fiorentino, Lucas van Leyden, and William Tyndale. Among people deceased in 1557, Pontormo ranks 5. Before him are Jacques Cartier, Anne of Cleves, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, and John III of Portugal. After him are Bona Sforza, Mikael Agricola, Olaus Magnus, Sebastian Cabot, Emperor Go-Nara, Lautaro, and Giovanni Francesco Straparola.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pontormo ranks 503 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco I Sforza (1401), Berengar I of Italy (850), Paolo Maldini (1968), Jacopo Peri (1561), Cornelius Nepos (-100), and Pope Leo II (611). After him are Elena Ferrante (1943), Pope Valentine (780), Totila (500), Umberto Boccioni (1882), Pope Boniface III (540), and Beatrice Portinari (1265).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Pontormo ranks 40. Before him are Annibale Carracci (1560), Simone Martini (1284), Andrea del Sarto (1486), Parmigianino (1503), Antonello da Messina (1430), and Lavinia Fontana (1552). After him are Umberto Boccioni (1882), Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290), Filippino Lippi (1457), Gentile Bellini (1429), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), and Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512).

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