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Simone Martini

1284 - 1344

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Simone Martini (c. 1284 – July 1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style. It is thought that Martini was a pupil of Duccio di Buoninsegna, the leading Sienese painter of his time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simone Martini has received more than 272,944 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Simone Martini is the 114th most popular painter (down from 110th in 2019), the 400th most popular biography from Italy (down from 367th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Italian Painter.

Simone Martini is most famous for his frescoes in the Church of S. Francesco in Assisi.

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Simone Martini ranks 114 out of 2,023. Before him are Guido Reni, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Georges de La Tour, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Ivan Aivazovsky, and Annibale Carracci. After him are Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Giorgio de Chirico, Juan Gris, Fernando Botero, Yayoi Kusama, and Apelles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1284, Simone Martini ranks 2. Before him is Edward II of England. After him are Edward, Count of Savoy, Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, and John I, Count of Holland. Among people deceased in 1344, Simone Martini ranks 1. After him are Gersonides, Chunghye of Goryeo, Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg, Constantine II, King of Armenia, Walter Burley, Leopold II, Duke of Austria, and Amda Seyon I.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Simone Martini ranks 400 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope John II (470), Pope Benedict VII (910), Annibale Carracci (1560), Luigi Cherubini (1760), Ancus Marcius (-675), and Pope John XI (910). After him are Pope Benedict IX (1012), Pope Silverius (490), Luigi Boccherini (1743), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519), and Pietro Mascagni (1863).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Simone Martini ranks 35. Before him are Filippo Lippi (1406), Sofonisba Anguissola (1535), Bronzino (1503), Vittore Carpaccio (1465), Guido Reni (1575), and Annibale Carracci (1560). After him are Andrea del Sarto (1486), Parmigianino (1503), Antonello da Messina (1430), Lavinia Fontana (1552), Pontormo (1494), and Umberto Boccioni (1882).

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