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Antonio del Pollaiolo

1429 - 1498

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Antonio del Pollaiuolo (UK: POL-eye-WOH-loh, US: POHL-, Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo del pollaˈjwɔːlo]; 17 January 1429/1433 – 4 February 1498), also known as Antonio di Jacopo Pollaiuolo or Antonio Pollaiuolo (also spelled Pollaiolo), was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, engraver, and goldsmith, who made important works in all these media, as well as designing works in others, for example vestments, metal embroidery being a medium he worked in at the start of his career. His most characteristic works in his main media show largely naked male figures in complicated poses of violent action, drawing from classical examples and often centred on a heroic Hercules. He, or possibly his brother, was also an innovative painter of wide landscape backgrounds, perhaps having learnt from Early Netherlandish painting. His two papal tombs were the only monuments to survive the demolition of Old St Peter's in the next century and be reconstructed in the present St Peter's Basilica. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio del Pollaiolo is the 221st most popular painter (up from 240th in 2019), the 787th most popular biography from Italy (up from 800th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Italian Painter.

Antonio del Pollaiolo is most famous for his sculpture of Hercules and Cacus.

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Among painters, Antonio del Pollaiolo ranks 221 out of 2,023. Before him are Luca Giordano, Carl Bloch, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Jan Gossaert, Nicholas Roerich, and Andrea del Castagno. After him are Francesco Hayez, Piero di Cosimo, Raoul Dufy, Petrus Christus, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, and Jacopo Bellini.

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Among people born in 1429, Antonio del Pollaiolo ranks 2. Before him is Gentile Bellini. After him are Gülbahar Hatun, Mino da Fiesole, Peter, Constable of Portugal, and Ambrogio Contarini. Among people deceased in 1498, Antonio del Pollaiolo ranks 6. Before him are Girolamo Savonarola, Charles VIII of France, Tomás de Torquemada, John Cabot, and Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal. After him are Giovanni il Popolano, Michael Pacher, Cristoforo Landino, Francesco Botticini, Mirkhvand, and Koca Davud Pasha.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Antonio del Pollaiolo ranks 787 out of 5,161. Before him are Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860), Peter Lombard (1096), Andrea del Castagno (1420), Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618), Giancarlo Giannini (1942), and Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397). After him are Andrea Pisano (1290), Francesco Hayez (1791), Tancred, King of Sicily (1138), Piero di Cosimo (1462), Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937), and Poliziano (1454).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Antonio del Pollaiolo ranks 58. Before him are Pietro da Cortona (1596), Agostino Carracci (1557), Rosso Fiorentino (1494), Francesco Guardi (1712), Luca Giordano (1634), and Andrea del Castagno (1420). After him are Francesco Hayez (1791), Piero di Cosimo (1462), Jacopo Bellini (1396), Domenichino (1581), Pisanello (1395), and Jacopo Bassano (1510).

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