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Plautilla Nelli

1524 - 1588

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Sister Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588) was a self-taught nun-artist and the first ever known female Renaissance painter of Florence. She was a nun of the Dominican convent of St. Catherine of Siena located in Piazza San Marco, Florence, and was heavily influenced by the teachings of Savonarola and by the artwork of Fra Bartolomeo. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Plautilla Nelli is the 922nd most popular painter (up from 1,075th in 2019), the 2,358th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,549th in 2019) and the 198th most popular Italian Painter.

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Among painters, Plautilla Nelli ranks 922 out of 2,023. Before her are Laurent de La Hyre, Paulus Moreelse, Achilles Painter, January Suchodolski, Il Pordenone, and Cornelis Cort. After her are Joseph Anton Koch, Adolf Ziegler, Johann Liss, Abraham van Beijeren, Peter Lely, and Simon de Vlieger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1524, Plautilla Nelli ranks 12. Before her are Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Louise Labé, Joseph Nasi, Diego de Landa, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, and François Hotman. After her are Rani Durgavati, Martin Guerre, and Thomas Erastus. Among people deceased in 1588, Plautilla Nelli ranks 12. Before her are 3rd Dalai Lama, Qi Jiguang, Henri, Prince of Condé, Bernardino Telesio, Johann Weyer, and Alonso Sánchez Coello. After her are Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, Louis of Granada, Valentin Weigel, Giorgio Biandrata, Abtai Sain Khan, and Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Plautilla Nelli ranks 2,358 out of 5,161. Before her are Ignazio Danti (1536), Lando Buzzanca (1935), Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535), Oreste Baratieri (1841), Il Pordenone (1484), and Sebastiano Ziani (1102). After her are Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria (1834), Danny Huston (1962), Giovanni Dandolo (1300), Viktor Dankl von Krasnik (1854), Maria Fortunata d'Este (1731), and Odoardo Farnese (1573).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Plautilla Nelli ranks 198. Before her are Barbara Longhi (1552), Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (1455), Jacopo Amigoni (1682), Bartolomeo Montagna (1450), Constantin Hansen (1804), and Il Pordenone (1484). After her are Giampietrino (1495), Francesco Pesellino (1422), Prospero Fontana (1512), Luca Cambiaso (1527), Gaspard Dughet (1613), and Carlo Cignani (1628).

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