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Margarita Luti

1500 - 1522

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Margarita Luti (also Margherita Luti or La Fornarina, "the baker's daughter") was the mistress and model of Raphael. The story of their love has become "the archetypal artist–model relationship of Western tradition", yet little is known of her life. Of her, Flaubert wrote, in his Dictionary of Received Ideas, "Fornarina. She was a beautiful woman. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margarita Luti is the 636th most popular painter (down from 597th in 2019), the 1,748th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,629th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular Italian Painter.

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Among painters, Margarita Luti ranks 636 out of 2,023. Before her are Odd Nerdrum, Melchior Broederlam, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Théo van Rysselberghe, Sebald Beham, and Nikolai Ge. After her are Ludolf Bakhuizen, Josefa de Óbidos, Henri-Edmond Cross, Sol LeWitt, Palma il Giovane, and Francesco Francia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Margarita Luti ranks 19. Before her are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Afanasy Nikitin, Paris Bordone, Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, and Sebald Beham. After her are Fernão do Pó, Gaspar de Lemos, Sinan Pasha, Reginald Pole, Elizabeth Blount, and Nuno Gonçalves. Among people deceased in 1522, Margarita Luti ranks 5. Before her are Johann Reuchlin, Piero di Cosimo, Anne of France, and Piero Soderini. After her are Antonio de Nebrija, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, Alain I of Albret, Ramón de Cardona, Johannes Werner, and Hans von Kulmbach.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Margarita Luti ranks 1,748 out of 5,161. Before her are Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1613), Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano (1770), Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1441), Eusebius of Vercelli (283), Maria Valtorta (1897), and Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926). After her are Christian Vieri (1973), Agostino Steffani (1654), Ercole Consalvi (1757), Lollia Paulina (15), Bartolomeo Platina (1421), and Renato Corsetti (1941).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Margarita Luti ranks 152. Before her are Agostino Tassi (1578), Giuseppe Cesari (1568), Benvenuto Tisi (1481), Francesco del Cossa (1436), Tommaso da Modena (1326), and Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1613). After her are Palma il Giovane (1548), Francesco Francia (1450), Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (1483), Agnolo Gaddi (1350), Francesco Solimena (1657), and Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato (1609).

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