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Claudio Coello

1642 - 1693

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Claudio Coello (2 March 1642 – 20 April 1693) was a Spanish-Portuguese Baroque painter. Coello is considered the last great Spanish painter of the 17th century. The son of Faustino Coello, a famous Portuguese sculptor, he was a court painter for Charles II. He worked on many churches and public buildings in Madrid, with his most famous work being in the sacristy of El Escorial, which is filled with portraits of priests and courtiers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claudio Coello is the 1,308th most popular painter (up from 1,364th in 2019), the 1,116th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,165th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Spanish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Claudio Coello ranks 1,308 out of 2,023Before him are Georges Vantongerloo, Adam van Noort, Oswaldo Guayasamín, Tamar Abakelia, François-Auguste Biard, and George Turner. After him are Erró, Jean Carzou, Otto Marseus van Schrieck, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, and Joseph von Führich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, Claudio Coello ranks 18Before him are Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, Zheng Jing, Hâfiz Osman, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Giovanni Maria Bononcini, and Anne Hilarion de Tourville. After him is Thomas Shadwell. Among people deceased in 1693, Claudio Coello ranks 18Before him are Johann Caspar Kerll, John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Maria van Oosterwijck, Laurent Cassegrain, Flavio Chigi, and Willem van de Velde the Elder. After him are Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, and Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Claudio Coello ranks 1,116 out of 3,355Before him are Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada (1170), Francisco Coll Guitart (1812), Carlos Amigo Vallejo (1934), Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813), Manuela Carmena (1944), and Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso (1838). After him are Salvador Espriu (1913), Manuel Velázquez (1943), Juan de Mariana (1536), Urraca of Castile, Queen of Navarre (1133), Severino Reija (1938), and José Millán-Astray (1879).

Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Claudio Coello ranks 43Before him are Francisco Bayeu y Subías (1734), Niccolò Antonio Colantonio (1420), Josep Maria Subirachs (1927), Joaquín Sabina (1949), Antonio Saura (1930), and Francisco Pradilla Ortiz (1848). After him are Rafael Arnaiz Barón (1911), José de Madrazo y Agudo (1781), Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1815), Julio Romero de Torres (1874), Juan Fernández Navarrete (1526), and Antón Lamazares (1954).