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Piero del Pollaiolo

1443 - 1496

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Piero del Pollaiuolo (UK: POL-eye-WOH-loh, US: POHL-, Italian: [ˈpjɛːro del pollaˈjwɔːlo]; also spelled Pollaiolo; c. 1443 – by 1496), whose birth name was Piero Benci, was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. His older brother, by about ten years, was the artist Antonio del Pollaiuolo and the two frequently worked together. Their work shows both classical influences and an interest in human anatomy; according to Vasari, the brothers carried out dissections to improve their knowledge of the subject (though modern scholars tend to doubt this). Giorgio Vasari, who wrote several decades after both brothers were dead, includes a joint biography of Antonio and Piero del Pollaiuolo in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Piero del Pollaiolo is the 808th most popular painter (down from 684th in 2019), the 2,123rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,842nd in 2019) and the 183rd most popular Italian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Piero del Pollaiolo ranks 808 out of 2,023. Before him are John William Godward, Antoine Wiertz, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Andrea Sacchi, Heinrich Hofmann, and Louise Abbéma. After him are Kurt Westergaard, Ni Zan, Arthur Rackham, Eugène Grasset, Leonaert Bramer, and Bramantino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1443, Piero del Pollaiolo ranks 11. Before him are Askia Mohammad I, Magdalena of France, Rodolphus Agricola, Albert III, Duke of Saxony, Girolamo Riario, and Pedro Arias Dávila. After him are Gilbert, Count of Montpensier, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and Edmund, Earl of Rutland. Among people deceased in 1496, Piero del Pollaiolo ranks 10. Before him are Charles, Count of Angoulême, João Vaz Corte-Real, Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Qaitbay, Ercole de' Roberti, and Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Gilbert, Count of Montpensier, and Henricus Martellus Germanus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Piero del Pollaiolo ranks 2,123 out of 5,161. Before him are Bobby Solo (1945), Eugenio Barba (1936), Catherine of Genoa (1447), Agostino di Duccio (1418), Luciano Leggio (1925), and Nicola Salvi (1697). After him are Gaius Terentius Varro (-300), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (1964), Pietro I Orseolo (928), Sabinus Julianus (300), Cangrande I della Scala (1291), and Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (1440).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Piero del Pollaiolo ranks 183. Before him are Bartolomeo Vivarini (1432), Vincenzo Catena (1470), Paolo Veneziano (1300), Giovanna Garzoni (1600), Spinello Aretino (1350), and Andrea Sacchi (1599). After him are Bramantino (1465), Leandro Bassano (1557), Coppo di Marcovaldo (1225), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1607), Lucia Anguissola (1536), and Perino del Vaga (1501).

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