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Piero della Francesca

1415 - 1492

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Piero della Francesca ( PYAIR-oh DEL-ə fran-CHESK-ə, US also -⁠ frahn-; Italian: [ˈpjɛːro della franˈtʃeska] ; né Piero di Benedetto de' Franceschi; c. 1415 – 12 October 1492) was an Italian painter, mathematician and geometer of the Early Renaissance, nowadays chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting is characterized by its serene humanism, its use of geometric forms and perspective. His most famous work is the cycle of frescoes The History of the True Cross in the Basilica of San Francesco in the Tuscan town of Arezzo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Piero della Francesca is the 64th most popular painter (up from 71st in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Italy (down from 226th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Italian Painter.

Piero della Francesca is most famous for his frescoes and paintings in the city of Arezzo.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Piero della Francesca ranks 64 out of 2,023. Before him are Giovanni Bellini, Egon Schiele, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Diego Rivera, Kazimir Malevich, and Jean-François Millet. After him are J. M. W. Turner, Andrea Mantegna, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Théodore Géricault, Francisco de Zurbarán, and Ilya Repin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1415, Piero della Francesca ranks 1. After him are Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, Dieric Bouts, Vasily II of Moscow, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Joanot Martorell, Jan Długosz, John Argyropoulos, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Albert van Ouwater, Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia, and John II, Count of Nevers. Among people deceased in 1492, Piero della Francesca ranks 3. Before him are Lorenzo de' Medici, and Pope Innocent VIII. After him are Jami, Elizabeth Woodville, Casimir IV Jagiellon, Antoine Busnois, Gülbahar Hatun, Beatrice of Silva, Sonni Ali, Jaume Huguet, and Christina Abrahamsdotter.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Piero della Francesca ranks 251 out of 5,161. Before him are Agnes of Rome (291), Pope Celestine V (1215), Diodorus Siculus (-90), Pope Innocent I (378), Pope Celestine I (400), and Otho (32). After him are Pope John X (860), Pope Sixtus I (42), Pope Felix I (300), Pope John XV (1000), Pope Paschal II (1050), and Enrico Caruso (1873).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Piero della Francesca ranks 19. Before him are Andrea del Verrocchio (1435), Fra Angelico (1400), Artemisia Gentileschi (1593), Giorgione (1478), Giovanni Bellini (1430), and Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448). After him are Andrea Mantegna (1431), Pietro Perugino (1446), Canaletto (1697), Bronzino (1503), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696), and Duccio (1255).

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