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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

1607 - 1665

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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (baptized 23 March 1609 – 5 May 1664) was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his etchings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He was known as Il Grechetto in Italy and in France as Le Benédette. He painted portraits, history paintings and landscapes, but came to specialize in rural scenes with more animals than human figures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione is the 857th most popular painter (down from 827th in 2019), the 2,217th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,122nd in 2019) and the 187th most popular Italian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ranks 857 out of 2,023. Before him are Walter Sickert, Jean François de Troy, Coppo di Marcovaldo, Roman Opałka, Marinus van Reymerswaele, and Kanō Eitoku. After him are Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Lucia Anguissola, Anna Lea Merritt, Richard Parkes Bonington, Gustave Boulanger, and Allaert van Everdingen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1607, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ranks 14. Before him are Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Paul Gerhardt, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Antoine Gombaud, Akile Hatun, and Zhu Yousong. After him are Antonio Barberini, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst, Song Si-yeol, and Johann von Rist. Among people deceased in 1665, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ranks 15. Before him are Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Andreas Cellarius, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, and Jean Bolland. After him are Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Lorenzo Lippi, and Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ranks 2,217 out of 5,161. Before him are Coppo di Marcovaldo (1225), Giovanni Spadolini (1925), Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria (1839), Cesare Mori (1871), Manlio Brosio (1897), and Sergio Balanzino (1934). After him are Roger III of Sicily (1175), Eduardo di Capua (1865), Lucia Anguissola (1536), Gloria Guida (1955), Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria (1869), and Vigilius of Trent (355).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ranks 187. Before him are Spinello Aretino (1350), Andrea Sacchi (1599), Piero del Pollaiolo (1443), Bramantino (1465), Leandro Bassano (1557), and Coppo di Marcovaldo (1225). After him are Lucia Anguissola (1536), Perino del Vaga (1501), Renato Guttuso (1911), Cigoli (1559), Barbara Longhi (1552), and Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (1455).

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