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Francesco Granacci

1469 - 1543

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Francesco Granacci (1469 – 30 November 1543) was an Italian Renaissance painter active primarily in his native Florence. Though little-known today, he was regarded in his time and is featured in Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists. Granacci was born in 1469 in Villamagna, and was trained in Florence in the workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio, where he became lifelong friends with Michelangelo. The two frequented Lorenzo de' Medici's famous sculpture garden near the convent of San Marco. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Granacci is the 1,120th most popular painter (up from 1,257th in 2019), the 2,650th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,851st in 2019) and the 221st most popular Italian Painter.

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Among painters, Francesco Granacci ranks 1,120 out of 2,023. Before him are Antonio Tempesta, David Vinckboons, Carl Andre, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, Isaac van Ostade, and Carlos Schwabe. After him are Carl-Henning Pedersen, Gabriel von Max, Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval, Ephraim Moses Lilien, Joos de Momper, and Mica Todorović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1469, Francesco Granacci ranks 9. Before him are Manuel I of Portugal, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Thomas Cajetan, Ishak Pasha, John Fisher, and Rodrigo de Triana. After him are Elia Levita, and Laura Cereta. Among people deceased in 1543, Francesco Granacci ranks 14. Before him are Johann Eck, Quli Qutb Shah, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Maria Salviati, Francesco Canova da Milano, and Sebastian Franck. After him are Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Susanna of Bavaria, and Melchior Hoffman.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Granacci ranks 2,650 out of 5,161. Before him are Daniele De Rossi (1983), Laura Martinozzi (1639), Fiorenzo Magni (1920), Giovanni Canestri (1918), Moderata Fonte (1555), and Vasco Rossi (1952). After him are Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (1926), Riccardo Morandi (1902), Leopoldo Trieste (1917), Mario Corso (1941), Nicola Vicentino (1511), and Lucrezia Marinella (1571).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Francesco Granacci ranks 221. Before him are Simone Peterzano (1540), Luis Egidio Meléndez (1716), Francesco Zuccarelli (1702), Lorenzo Lippi (1606), Giovanni Fattori (1825), and Antonio Tempesta (1555). After him are Taddeo di Bartolo (1362), Ugolino di Nerio (1280), Bartolomeo Carducci (1554), Vincenzo Foppa (1427), Massimo Stanzione (1585), and Davide Ghirlandaio (1452).

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