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Andrea Pozzo

1642 - 1709

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Andrea Pozzo (Italian: [anˈdrɛːa ˈpottso]; Latinized version: Andreas Puteus; 30 November 1642 – 31 August 1709) was an Italian Jesuit brother, Baroque painter, architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician. Pozzo was best known for his grandiose frescoes using the technique of quadratura to create an illusion of three-dimensional space on flat surfaces. His masterpiece is the nave ceiling of the Church of Sant'Ignazio in Rome. Through his techniques, he became one of the most noteworthy figures of the Baroque period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrea Pozzo is the 246th most popular painter (up from 580th in 2019), the 840th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,593rd in 2019) and the 66th most popular Italian Painter.

Andrea Pozzo was a painter and architect who is most famous for his work in the Church of Sant'Ignazio in Rome.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Andrea Pozzo ranks 246 out of 2,023. Before him are Saskia van Uylenburgh, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, George Grosz, August Macke, Jacopo Bassano, and Bartolommeo Bandinelli. After him are Ivan Kramskoi, Lorenzo Lotto, Alexandre Cabanel, Baldassare Peruzzi, Kees van Dongen, and Edwin Landseer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, Andrea Pozzo ranks 5. Before him are Mehmed IV, Suleiman II, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Gülnuş Sultan. After him are Shitao, Johann Christoph Bach, Ihara Saikaku, Seki Takakazu, André Charles Boulle, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, and Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins. Among people deceased in 1709, Andrea Pozzo ranks 2. Before him is Ivan Mazepa. After him are Giuseppe Torelli, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Meindert Hobbema, François Louis, Prince of Conti, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, François de la Chaise, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea Pozzo ranks 840 out of 5,161. Before him are Jacopo Bassano (1510), Carlo Gozzi (1720), Alexius of Rome (400), Flavio Briatore (1950), Maria Goretti (1890), and Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1488). After him are François Grimaldi (1201), Federico da Montefeltro (1422), Rocco Siffredi (1964), Marcus Atilius Regulus (-299), Luciano Berio (1925), and Lorenzo Lotto (1480).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Andrea Pozzo ranks 66. Before him are Piero di Cosimo (1462), Jacopo Bellini (1396), Domenichino (1581), Pisanello (1395), Jacopo Bassano (1510), and Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1488). After him are Lorenzo Lotto (1480), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), Sebastiano del Piombo (1485), Rosalba Carriera (1673), Cosimo Rosselli (1439), and Guercino (1591).

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