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Jacopo Sansovino

1486 - 1570

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Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino (2 July 1486 – 27 November 1570) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, best known for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. These are crucial works in the history of Venetian Renaissance architecture. Andrea Palladio, in the Preface to his Quattro Libri was of the opinion that Sansovino's Biblioteca Marciana was the best building erected since Antiquity. Giorgio Vasari uniquely printed his Vita of Sansovino separately. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacopo Sansovino is the 19th most popular sculptor (up from 20th in 2019), the 745th most popular biography from Italy (down from 719th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Sculptor.

Jacopo Sansovino is most famous for his work on the Library of San Marco in Venice.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Jacopo Sansovino ranks 19 out of 258. Before him are Louise Bourgeois, Giambologna, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Myron, Scopas, and Józef Gosławski. After him are Nicola Pisano, Marie Tussaud, Henry Moore, Luca della Robbia, Andrea Pisano, and Alexander Calder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Jacopo Sansovino ranks 4. Before him are Andrea del Sarto, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, and Arthur, Prince of Wales. After him are Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Sher Shah Suri, Martin Agricola, Gerolamo Emiliani, Ahuitzotl, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, and Johann Eck. Among people deceased in 1570, Jacopo Sansovino ranks 1. After him are Francesco Primaticcio, 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, Jacopo Sansovino ranks 745 out of 5,161. Before him are Bernardino of Siena (1380), Odilo Globočnik (1904), Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Rudolph Valentino (1895), Giacomo della Porta (1533), and Romano Prodi (1939). After him are Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642), Charles Albert of Sardinia (1798), Britannicus (41), Elisabeth Farnese (1692), Jacobus da Varagine (1228), and Nicola Pisano (1225).

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Among SCULPTORS In Italy

Among sculptors born in Italy, Jacopo Sansovino ranks 4. Before him are Benvenuto Cellini (1500), Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378), and Antonio Canova (1757). After him are Nicola Pisano (1225), Luca della Robbia (1399), Andrea Pisano (1290), Alessandro Algardi (1595), Giovanni Pisano (1248), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), Andrea della Robbia (1435), and Bonanno Pisano (1150).

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