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Lorenzo Monaco

1370 - 1425

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Lorenzo Monaco (c.1370 – c.1425) was a Sienese painter and miniaturist of the late Gothic to early Renaissance age, active principally in Florence. He was born Piero di Giovanni. Little is known about his youth, apart from the fact that he was apprenticed in Florence. He has been considered the last important exponent of the Giotto style, before the Renaissance revolution that came with Fra Angelico and Masaccio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lorenzo Monaco is the 411th most popular painter (down from 358th in 2019), the 1,256th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,137th in 2019) and the 109th most popular Italian Painter.

Lorenzo Monaco was a medieval painter who is most famous for his work in the Sistine Chapel.

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Among painters, Lorenzo Monaco ranks 411 out of 2,023. Before him are Oskar Schlemmer, Domenico Veneziano, Maarten van Heemskerck, Norman Rockwell, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, and Koloman Moser. After him are Michael Wolgemut, Federico Zuccari, Robert Rauschenberg, Rachel Ruysch, Giuseppe Castiglione, and Adam Elsheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1370, Lorenzo Monaco ranks 10. Before him are Leonardo Bruni, Olaf II of Denmark, John VII Palaiologos, Gentile da Fabriano, Erasmo of Narni, and Frederick I, Elector of Saxony. After him are William, Duke of Austria, Švitrigaila, Antipope Clement VIII, Heinrich von Plauen, Johannes Ciconia, and James II, Count of La Marche. Among people deceased in 1425, Lorenzo Monaco ranks 8. Before him are Manuel II Palaiologos, Hongxi Emperor, Madhava of Sangamagrama, Vasily I of Moscow, Charles III of Navarre, and Jean de Béthencourt. After him are Catherine of Burgundy, Bonne of Artois, John III, Duke of Bavaria, Ashikaga Yoshikazu, and Odette de Champdivers.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lorenzo Monaco ranks 1,256 out of 5,161. Before him are Rodolfo Gucci (1912), Pietro Gasparri (1852), Thomas Cajetan (1469), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Justa Grata Honoria (417), and Quintus Tullius Cicero (-102). After him are Antonio Segni (1891), Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), Lars Porsena (-600), Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (1587), Rustichello da Pisa (1290), and Gioseffo Zarlino (1517).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Lorenzo Monaco ranks 109. Before him are Pietro Longhi (1701), Pietro Cavallini (1240), Melozzo da Forlì (1438), Palma Vecchio (1480), Giambattista Pittoni (1687), and Domenico Veneziano (1410). After him are Federico Zuccari (1539), Giuseppe Castiglione (1688), Fede Galizia (1578), Carlo Levi (1902), Gino Severini (1883), and Orcagna (1315).

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