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Andrea del Castagno

1420 - 1457

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Andrea del Castagno (Italian: [anˈdrɛːa del kaˈstaɲɲo]) or Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla (pronounced [anˈdrɛːa di ˈbartolo di barˈdʒilla]; c. 1419 – 19 August 1457) was an Italian Renaissance painter in Florence, influenced chiefly by Masaccio and Giotto di Bondone. His works include frescoes in Sant'Apollonia in Florence and the painted equestrian monument of Niccolò da Tolentino (1456) in Florence Cathedral. He in turn influenced the Ferrarese school of Cosmè Tura, Francesco del Cossa and Ercole de' Roberti. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrea del Castagno is the 220th most popular painter (up from 248th in 2019), the 783rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 824th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Italian Painter.

Andrea del Castagno is most famous for his frescoes, which are located in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Andrea del Castagno ranks 220 out of 2,023. Before him are Dieric Bouts, Luca Giordano, Carl Bloch, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Jan Gossaert, and Nicholas Roerich. After him are Antonio del Pollaiolo, Francesco Hayez, Piero di Cosimo, Raoul Dufy, Petrus Christus, and Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1420, Andrea del Castagno ranks 5. Before him are Tomás de Torquemada, Jean Fouquet, George of Poděbrady, and Benozzo Gozzoli. After him are Sesshū Tōyō, Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Abdal-Latif Mirza, João Vaz Corte-Real, Barthélemy d'Eyck, Agostino Barbarigo, and Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou. Among people deceased in 1457, Andrea del Castagno ranks 6. Before him are Rita of Cascia, Ladislaus the Posthumous, Lorenzo Valla, Jingtai Emperor, and Danjong of Joseon. After him are Francesco Foscari, Ladislaus Hunyadi, Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza, John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch, Goharshad Begum, and Bartolomeu Perestrello.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea del Castagno ranks 783 out of 5,161. Before him are Luca della Robbia (1399), Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (1759), Agathocles of Syracuse (-361), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860), and Peter Lombard (1096). After him are Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618), Giancarlo Giannini (1942), Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397), Antonio del Pollaiolo (1429), Andrea Pisano (1290), and Francesco Hayez (1791).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Andrea del Castagno ranks 57. Before him are Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), Pietro da Cortona (1596), Agostino Carracci (1557), Rosso Fiorentino (1494), Francesco Guardi (1712), and Luca Giordano (1634). After him are Antonio del Pollaiolo (1429), Francesco Hayez (1791), Piero di Cosimo (1462), Jacopo Bellini (1396), Domenichino (1581), and Pisanello (1395).

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