PAINTER

Sebastiano del Piombo

1485 - 1547

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Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian: [sebaˈstjaːno del ˈpjombo]; c. 1485 – 21 June 1547) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance and early Mannerist periods, famous as the only major artist of the period to combine the colouring of the Venetian school in which he was trained with the monumental forms of the Roman school. He belongs both to the painting school of his native city, Venice, where he made significant contributions before he left for Rome in 1511, and that of Rome, where he stayed for the rest of his life, and whose style he thoroughly adopted. Born Sebastiano Luciani, after coming to Rome he became known as Sebastiano Veneziano or Viniziano ("Sebastian the Venetian"), until in 1531 he became the Keeper of the Seal to the Papacy, and so got the nickname del Piombo ("of the Lead") thereafter, from his new job title of piombatore. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastiano del Piombo has received more than 299,080 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Sebastiano del Piombo is the 241st most popular painter (up from 248th in 2019), the 804th most popular biography from Italy (up from 831st in 2019) and the 64th most popular Italian Painter.

Sebastiano del Piombo is most famous for his painting of the Transfiguration, which is now in the National Gallery in London.

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Sebastiano del Piombo ranks 241 out of 2,023. Before him are Jacopo Bellini, Jacques Callot, Angela Hitler, Marie Bashkirtseff, Gerard ter Borch, and Antonio del Pollaiolo. After him are Il Sodoma, George Grosz, Gabriël Metsu, Georges Rouault, Piero di Cosimo, and František Kupka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1485, Sebastiano del Piombo ranks 6. Before him are Hernán Cortés, Catherine of Aragon, Dragut, Thomas Cromwell, and Giovanni da Verrazzano. After him are Pedro de Alvarado, Clément Janequin, Joos van Cleve, Sayyida al Hurra, Johannes Bugenhagen, and Balthasar Hubmaier. Among people deceased in 1547, Sebastiano del Piombo ranks 5. Before him are Henry VIII of England, Hernán Cortés, Francis I of France, and Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. After him are Pietro Bembo, Vittoria Colonna, Saint Cajetan, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Hadım Suleiman Pasha, Philippa of Guelders, and Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Sebastiano del Piombo ranks 804 out of 5,161. Before him are Clementia of Hungary (1293), Athalaric (516), Antonio del Pollaiolo (1429), Giambattista Basile (1566), Giancarlo Giannini (1942), and Vittorio Monti (1868). After him are Il Sodoma (1477), Pope Benedict V (930), Giovanna of Italy (1907), Aldo Rossi (1931), Phalaris (-700), and Carlo Gozzi (1720).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Sebastiano del Piombo ranks 64. Before him are Luca Giordano (1634), Agostino Carracci (1557), Lorenzo Lotto (1480), Lorenzo di Credi (1459), Jacopo Bellini (1396), and Antonio del Pollaiolo (1429). After him are Il Sodoma (1477), Piero di Cosimo (1462), Andrea del Castagno (1420), Giacomo Balla (1871), Federico Barocci (1535), and Salvator Rosa (1615).

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