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Pietro da Cortona

1596 - 1669

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Pietro da Cortona (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro da (k)korˈtoːna]; 1 November 1596 or 1597 – 16 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important designer of interior decorations. He was born Pietro Berrettini, but is primarily known by the name of his native town of Cortona in Tuscany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pietro da Cortona is the 196th most popular painter, the 723rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 674th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Italian Painter.

Pietro da Cortona was a painter and architect who is most famous for his frescoes in the Palazzo Barberini.

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Among painters, Pietro da Cortona ranks 196 out of 2,023. Before him are Angelica Kauffman, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Hans von Aachen, Henry Fuseli, Pieter de Hooch, and Aristide Maillol. After him are Hans Baldung, Agostino Carracci, Niko Pirosmani, Maurice Utrillo, Johannes Itten, and Han van Meegeren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Pietro da Cortona ranks 5. Before him are René Descartes, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Frederick V of the Palatinate, and Michael of Russia. After him are Jan van Goyen, Pieter Claesz, Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Nicola Amati, Baldassare Longhena, Peter Mogila, and Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano. Among people deceased in 1669, Pietro da Cortona ranks 4. Before him are Rembrandt, Pope Clement IX, and Henrietta Maria of France. After him are François l'Olonnais, Antonio Cesti, Maria Miloslavskaya, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Oboi, Arnold Geulincx, Gaspar de Crayer, and François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro da Cortona ranks 723 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Totti (1976), Silvio Piola (1913), Olybrius (400), Charles II of Naples (1254), Manfred, King of Sicily (1232), and Gregorio Allegri (1582). After him are Conrad of Montferrat (1146), Scipio Aemilianus (-185), Gianni Rivera (1943), Domenico Modugno (1928), Oriana Fallaci (1929), and Agostino Carracci (1557).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Pietro da Cortona ranks 52. Before him are Umberto Boccioni (1882), Benozzo Gozzoli (1420), Fra Bartolomeo (1472), Giulio Romano (1499), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720). After him are Agostino Carracci (1557), Rosso Fiorentino (1494), Francesco Guardi (1712), Luca Giordano (1634), Andrea del Castagno (1420), and Antonio del Pollaiolo (1429).

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