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Melozzo da Forlì

1438 - 1494

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Melozzo da Forlì (c. 1438 – 8 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance painter and architect. His fresco paintings are notable for the use of foreshortening. He was the most important member of the Forlì painting school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melozzo da Forlì is the 396th most popular painter (up from 469th in 2019), the 1,212th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,391st in 2019) and the 105th most popular Italian Painter.

Melozzo da forlì is most famous for his frescoes in the basilica of san lorenzo in rome.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Melozzo da Forlì ranks 396 out of 2,023. Before him are Albert Marquet, Johan Zoffany, Erich Heckel, Stefan Lochner, Pietro Cavallini, and Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. After him are Meindert Hobbema, Karl Bryullov, Konrad Witz, Palma Vecchio, Jules Pascin, and Giambattista Pittoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1438, Melozzo da Forlì ranks 5. Before him are Radu cel Frumos, Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, Philip II, Duke of Savoy, and Sultan Husayn Bayqara. After him are Edmund Beaufort, Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, Despina Khatun, James II of Cyprus, and Margaret of Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1494, Melozzo da Forlì ranks 7. Before him are Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Hans Memling, Ferdinand I of Naples, Poliziano, and Gian Galeazzo Sforza. After him are Matteo Maria Boiardo, Muhammad XIII of Granada, Yuriy Drohobych, Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany, Giosafat Barbaro, and Giovanni Santi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Melozzo da Forlì ranks 1,212 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Longhi (1701), Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli (1391), Domitia Longina (100), Pietro Cavallini (1240), Gioffre Borgia (1481), and Giuseppe Bertello (1942). After him are Antonius Felix (10), Palma Vecchio (1480), Vito Genovese (1897), Concino Concini (1575), Titus Quinctius Flamininus (-229), and Giambattista Pittoni (1687).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Melozzo da Forlì ranks 105. Before him are Carlo Carrà (1881), Dosso Dossi (1480), Giovanni Segantini (1858), Elisabetta Sirani (1638), Pietro Longhi (1701), and Pietro Cavallini (1240). After him are Palma Vecchio (1480), Giambattista Pittoni (1687), Domenico Veneziano (1410), Lorenzo Monaco (1370), Federico Zuccari (1539), and Giuseppe Castiglione (1688).

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