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Giovanni Pietro Bellori

1613 - 1696

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Giovanni Pietro Bellori (15 January 1613 – 19 February 1696), also known as Giovan Pietro Bellori or Gian Pietro Bellori, was an Italian art theorist, painter and antiquarian, who is best known for his work Lives of the Artists, considered the seventeenth-century equivalent to Vasari's Vite. His Vite de' Pittori, Scultori et Architetti Moderni, published in 1672, was influential in consolidating and promoting the theoretical case for classical idealism in art. As an art historical biographer, he favoured classicising artists rather than Baroque artists to the extent of omitting some of the key artistic figures of 17th-century art altogether. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Pietro Bellori is the 632nd most popular painter (down from 536th in 2019), the 1,742nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,518th in 2019) and the 151st most popular Italian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Giovanni Pietro Bellori ranks 632 out of 2,023. Before him are Louis-Léopold Boilly, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Adrien Manglard, Tommaso da Modena, Odd Nerdrum, and Melchior Broederlam. After him are Théo van Rysselberghe, Sebald Beham, Nikolai Ge, Margarita Luti, Ludolf Bakhuizen, and Josefa de Óbidos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1613, Giovanni Pietro Bellori ranks 11. Before him are Khushal Khattak, Luisa de Guzmán, John George II, Elector of Saxony, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Jean François Paul de Gondi, and Mattia Preti. After him are Bartholomeus van der Helst, William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, Gu Yanwu, Gaspard Dughet, and Charles de Saint-Évremond. Among people deceased in 1696, Giovanni Pietro Bellori ranks 7. Before him are John III Sobieski, Mariana of Austria, Ivan V of Russia, Empress Meishō, Jean de La Bruyère, and Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné. After him are Murad Giray, Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach, Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, Jean Domat, and Shi Lang.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Pietro Bellori ranks 1,742 out of 5,161. Before him are Sergio Castellitto (1953), Tommaso da Modena (1326), Alfredo Foni (1911), Frederick V, Duke of Swabia (1164), Walter Zenga (1960), and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (-102). After him are Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano (1770), Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1441), Eusebius of Vercelli (283), Maria Valtorta (1897), Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926), and Margarita Luti (1500).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Giovanni Pietro Bellori ranks 151. Before him are Paris Bordone (1500), Agostino Tassi (1578), Giuseppe Cesari (1568), Benvenuto Tisi (1481), Francesco del Cossa (1436), and Tommaso da Modena (1326). After him are Margarita Luti (1500), Palma il Giovane (1548), Francesco Francia (1450), Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (1483), Agnolo Gaddi (1350), and Francesco Solimena (1657).

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