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Pirro Ligorio

1513 - 1583

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Pirro Ligorio (c. 1512 – October 30, 1583) was an Italian architect, painter, antiquarian, and garden designer during the Renaissance period. He worked as the Vatican's Papal Architect under Popes Paul IV and Pius IV, designed the fountains at Villa d’Este at Tivoli for Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este, and served as the Ducal Antiquary in Ferrara. Ligorio emphasized and showed a deep passion for classical Roman antiquity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pirro Ligorio is the 239th most popular architect (down from 235th in 2019), the 2,343rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,284th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Italian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Pirro Ligorio ranks 239 out of 518. Before him are Callinicus of Heliopolis, Hermann Tilke, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Giuseppe Terragni, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, and Sixto Durán Ballén. After him are Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Konstantin Melnikov, Henri Labrouste, Joseph Paxton, Baysunghur, and Max Fabiani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1513, Pirro Ligorio ranks 5. Before him are Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Jacques Amyot, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, and Daniele Barbaro. After him are Louis, Duke of Montpensier, Michael Baius, and John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin. Among people deceased in 1583, Pirro Ligorio ranks 12. Before him are Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Shibata Katsuie, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Oda Nobutaka, Andrey Kurbsky, and Juan de Garay. After him are Ivan Fyodorov, Jacques Pelletier du Mans, Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels, Thomas Erastus, Humphrey Gilbert, and Zacharias Ursinus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pirro Ligorio ranks 2,343 out of 5,161. Before him are Flaminio Bertoni (1903), Antonio Barberini (1607), Guido Fubini (1879), Giovanni Morelli (1816), Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1594), and Umberto Saba (1883). After him are Azzone Visconti (1302), Medardo Rosso (1858), Carlo Bergonzi (1924), Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672), Michele Ruggieri (1543), and Irene of Montferrat (1274).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Pirro Ligorio ranks 37. Before him are Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447), Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (1455), Nicola Salvi (1697), Vittorio Gregotti (1927), Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802), and Giuseppe Terragni (1904). After him are Giacomo Quarenghi (1744), Giovanni Giocondo (1433), Gio Ponti (1891), Gae Aulenti (1927), Bernardo Buontalenti (1531), and Mauro Codussi (1440).

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