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Duccio

1255 - 1319

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Duccio di Buoninsegna (UK: DOO-chee-oh, Italian: [ˈduttʃo di ˌbwɔninˈseɲɲa]; c. 1255–1260 – c. 1318–1319), commonly known as just Duccio, was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th century. He was hired throughout his life to complete many important works in government and religious buildings around Italy. Duccio is considered one of the greatest Italian painters of the Middle Ages, and is credited with creating the painting styles of Trecento Gothic style and the Sienese school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Duccio is the 89th most popular painter (down from 88th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from Italy (down from 290th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Painter.

Duccio is most famous for his work on the frescoes of the Siena Cathedral.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Duccio ranks 89 out of 2,023. Before him are Berthe Morisot, Canaletto, Bronzino, Max Ernst, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, and François Boucher. After him are Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Cimabue, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Oskar Kokoschka, Honoré Daumier, and Paolo Uccello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1255, Duccio ranks 1. After him are Albert I of Germany, Adolf of Germany, George, Emperor of Trebizond, Reginald I of Guelders, Elizabeth of Hungary, Queen of Serbia, Ferdinand de la Cerda, Andrey of Gorodets, and Dino Compagni. Among people deceased in 1319, Duccio ranks 1. After him are Haakon V of Norway, Eric VI of Denmark, Louis, Count of Évreux, Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden, Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, Beatrice of Luxembourg, Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, and Guan Daosheng.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Duccio ranks 325 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Sylvester III (1000), Andrea Bocelli (1958), Giuseppe Mazzini (1805), Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (-519), Pliny the Younger (61), and Umberto I of Italy (1844). After him are Pope Eugene II (780), Cimabue (1240), Pope Liberius (310), Valentinian III (419), Longinus (100), and Pope Benedict I (525).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Duccio ranks 25. Before him are Piero della Francesca (1415), Andrea Mantegna (1431), Pietro Perugino (1446), Canaletto (1697), Bronzino (1503), and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696). After him are Cimabue (1240), Paolo Uccello (1475), Vittore Carpaccio (1465), Sofonisba Anguissola (1535), Filippo Lippi (1406), and Guido Reni (1575).

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