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Francesco Primaticcio

1504 - 1570

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Francesco Primaticcio (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko primaˈtittʃo]; April 30, 1504 – 1570) was an Italian Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Primaticcio is the 287th most popular painter (up from 326th in 2019), the 945th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,060th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Italian Painter.

Francesco Primaticcio is most famous for his work in the Palace of Fontainebleau, which he helped design and decorate.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Francesco Primaticcio ranks 287 out of 2,023Before him are Lorenzo di Credi, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Pietro Lorenzetti, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Salvator Rosa, and Antoni Tàpies. After him are Félix Vallotton, Natalia Goncharova, Philippe de Champaigne, Georges Rouault, John William Waterhouse, and Martin Schongauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1504, Francesco Primaticcio ranks 3Before him are Pope Pius V, and George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford. After him are Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, Sin Saimdang, Guru Angad, Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Heinrich Bullinger, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia, Antun Vrančić, and Scipione Rebiba. Among people deceased in 1570, Francesco Primaticcio ranks 2Before him is Jacopo Sansovino. After him are Francesco Melzi, Yi Hwang, Philibert de l'Orme, Paris Bordone, João de Barros, Frans Floris, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, Daniele Barbaro, and Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Primaticcio ranks 945 out of 5,161Before him are Theognis of Megara (-570), Errico Malatesta (1853), Michelozzo (1396), Juliana of Nicomedia (285), Sandro Mazzola (1942), and Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (-84). After him are Maximilian Sforza (1493), Clementia of Hungary (1293), Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus (-3), Maurus Servius Honoratus (363), Francesco Cossiga (1928), and Giovanni Gentile (1875).

Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Francesco Primaticcio ranks 79Before him are Gentile da Fabriano (1370), Orazio Gentileschi (1563), François Gérard (1770), Lorenzo di Credi (1459), Pietro Lorenzetti (1280), and Salvator Rosa (1615). After him are John William Waterhouse (1849), Masolino da Panicale (1383), Giorgio Morandi (1890), Ludovico Carracci (1555), Lorenzo Costa (1460), and Daniele da Volterra (1509).