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Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli

1700 - 1771

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Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (Russian: Франче́ско Бартоломе́о (Варфоломе́й Варфоломе́евич) Растре́лли; 1700 – 29 April 1771) was an Italian architect who worked mainly in Russia. He developed an easily recognizable style of Late Baroque, both sumptuous and majestic. His major works, including the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg and the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, are famed for extravagant luxury and opulence of decoration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli is the 83rd most popular architect (up from 91st in 2019), the 997th most popular biography from France (up from 1,044th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Architect.

Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli was a prolific Italian architect of the 18th century, who is most famous for his work on the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ranks 83 out of 518. Before him are Peter Parler, Sebastiano Serlio, Claude Perrault, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Erich Mendelsohn, and Philip Johnson. After him are Robert Venturi, Giuliano da Sangallo, Louis Kahn, Richard Rogers, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, and Lluís Domènech i Montaner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ranks 7. Before him are Daniel Bernoulli, Baal Shem Tov, Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Baji Rao I, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. After him are Giovanni Battista Sammartini, James Thomson, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Ewald Georg von Kleist, and Jean-Antoine Nollet. Among people deceased in 1771, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ranks 4. Before him are Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, Claude Adrien Helvétius, and Philip Miller. After him are Louis-Michel van Loo, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Henri Pitot, John Bevis, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, František Brixi, Thomas Gray, and Tobias Smollett.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ranks 997 out of 6,770. Before him are Gérard Debreu (1921), Bourvil (1917), Michael Lonsdale (1931), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Joan II of Navarre (1311), and Antoine Bourdelle (1861). After him are Jacques Cassini (1677), Pierre Janet (1859), Claude Jade (1948), Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), and Fromental Halévy (1799).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ranks 11. Before him are Louis Le Vau (1612), Ferdinand Cheval (1836), François Mansart (1598), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), and Claude Perrault (1613). After him are Hector Guimard (1867), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Lúcio Costa (1902), Pierre Lescot (1515), and Philibert de l'Orme (1514).

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