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Ambrogio Lorenzetti

1290 - 1348

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Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian pronunciation: [amˈbrɔːdʒo lorenˈtsetti]; c. 1290 – after 9 August 1348) was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active from approximately 1317 to 1348. He painted The Allegory of Good and Bad Government in the Sala dei Nove (Salon of Nine or Council Room) in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico. His elder brother was the painter Pietro Lorenzetti. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ambrogio Lorenzetti is the 161st most popular painter (down from 154th in 2019), the 628th most popular biography from Italy (down from 527th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Italian Painter.

Ambrogio Lorenzetti is most famous for his frescoes in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, Italy. The frescoes depict scenes from the life of the city's patron saint, St. John the Baptist.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ambrogio Lorenzetti ranks 161 out of 2,023. Before him are Robert Delaunay, Robert Campin, Frédéric Bazille, Nicolai Abildgaard, Théodore Rousseau, and Pinturicchio. After him are Fernando Botero, Carl Larsson, Jan Matejko, Emil Nolde, Otto Dix, and Paul Delaroche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1290, Ambrogio Lorenzetti ranks 1. After him are Muhammad bin Tughluq, Andrea Pisano, Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France, Taddeo Gaddi, Leopold I, Duke of Austria, Rustichello da Pisa, Gajah Mada, Mayta Cápac, Jacob van Artevelde, John Parricida, and Bernardo Daddi. Among people deceased in 1348, Ambrogio Lorenzetti ranks 1. After him are Andrea Pisano, Pietro Lorenzetti, Laura de Noves, Al-Dhahabi, Giovanni Villani, Blanche of Valois, Chungmok of Goryeo, Emperor Hanazono, Bernardo Daddi, Barlaam of Seminara, and Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ambrogio Lorenzetti ranks 628 out of 5,161. Before him are Dominic Savio (1842), Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771), Aloysius Gonzaga (1568), Caterina Sforza (1463), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), and Statius (40). After him are Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671), Pope Eusebius (250), Philip of Swabia (1177), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685), and Alessandro Manzoni (1785).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Ambrogio Lorenzetti ranks 45. Before him are Zeuxis (-500), Lavinia Fontana (1552), Antonello da Messina (1430), Filippino Lippi (1457), Gentile Bellini (1429), and Pinturicchio (1454). After him are Umberto Boccioni (1882), Benozzo Gozzoli (1420), Fra Bartolomeo (1472), Giulio Romano (1499), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720).

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