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Salaì

1480 - 1524

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Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, better known as Salaì (1480 – 19 January 1524) was an Italian artist and pupil of Leonardo da Vinci from 1490 to 1518. Salaì entered Leonardo's household at the age of ten. Salai created paintings under the name of Andrea Salaì. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salaì has received more than 960,052 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Salaì is the 438th most popular painter (down from 300th in 2019).

Salaì is most famous for its use in the Italian dish, "salaì alla genovese." Salaì is a type of pork sausage that is typically made with ground pork, garlic, pepper, and salt.

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  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Salaì ranks 438 out of 2,023. Before her are Suzuki Harunobu, Piero Manzoni, Catharina van Hemessen, Erich Heckel, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, and José Clemente Orozco. After her are Cennino Cennini, Françoise Gilot, Christian Krohg, Michael Ancher, Jan Lievens, and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Salaì ranks 17. Before her are Götz von Berlichingen, Palma Vecchio, Dosso Dossi, Gazi Husrev-beg, Pier Gerlofs Donia, and Marcantonio Raimondi. After her are Jean Clouet, Matrakçı Nasuh, Juan de Grijalva, Stańczyk, Charlotte of Albret, and Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire. Among people deceased in 1524, Salaì ranks 10. Before her are Claude of France, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Joachim Patinir, Marko Marulić, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, and Andrea Solari. After her are Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, Hans Holbein the Elder, Tang Yin, Johann von Staupitz, Cristóbal de Olid, and Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria.

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