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Luca Signorelli

1450 - 1523

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Luca Signorelli (c. 1441/1445 – 16 October 1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, in Tuscany, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescos of the Last Judgment (1499–1503) in Orvieto Cathedral are considered his masterpiece. In his early 40s he returned to live in Cortona, after working in Florence, Siena and Rome (1478–84, painting a now lost section of the Sistine Chapel). With an established reputation, he remained based in Cortona for the rest of his life, but often travelled to the cities of the region to fulfill commissions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luca Signorelli is the 14th most popular artist (up from 18th in 2019), the 612th most popular biography from Italy (up from 642nd in 2019) and the most popular Italian Artist.

Luca Signorelli is most famous for his frescoes in the Orvieto Cathedral.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Luca Signorelli ranks 14 out of 125. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger, Jean Arp, Victor Vasarely, Hiroshige, Joseph Beuys, and Käthe Kollwitz. After him are Theo van Doesburg, Yves Klein, El Lissitzky, Anders Zorn, Roy Lichtenstein, and Adolph Menzel.

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Among people born in 1450, Luca Signorelli ranks 5. Before him are Bartolomeu Dias, Hieronymus Bosch, Josquin des Prez, and John Cabot. After him are Ibrahim Lodi, Yejong of Joseon, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Kara Ahmed Pasha, Pêro da Covilhã, Martin Schongauer, and Gerard David. Among people deceased in 1523, Luca Signorelli ranks 3. Before him are Pope Adrian VI, and Pietro Perugino. After him are Ulrich von Hutten, Gerard David, Mehmed I Giray, Antonio Grimani, Franz von Sickingen, Prospero Colonna, Bartolomeo Montagna, Bernardino López de Carvajal, and Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luca Signorelli ranks 612 out of 5,161. Before him are Nero Julius Caesar (6), Giuliano Gemma (1938), Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545), Fausto Cercignani (1941), Anastasia of Sirmium (281), and Pinturicchio (1454). After him are Hippasus (-600), Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729), Dionysius I of Syracuse (-430), Julia the Elder (-39), Publius Clodius Pulcher (-90), and Matilda of Tuscany (1046).

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Among ARTISTS In Italy

Among artists born in Italy, Luca Signorelli ranks 1. After him are Bruno Munari (1907), Luigi Serafini (1949), James Rivière (1949), Renzo Eusebi (1946), Pippa Bacca (1974), and Vanessa Beecroft (1969).

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