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Simone Martini

1284 - 1344

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Simone Martini (c. 1284 – July 1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style. It is thought that Martini was a pupil of Duccio di Buoninsegna, the leading Sienese painter of his time. According to late Renaissance art biographer Giorgio Vasari, Simone was instead a pupil of Giotto di Bondone, with whom he went to Rome to paint at the Old St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simone Martini is the 116th most popular painter (down from 114th in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from Italy (down from 400th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Italian Painter.

Simone Martini is most famous for his frescoes in the Church of S. Francesco in Assisi.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Simone Martini ranks 116 out of 2,023. Before him are William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Georges de La Tour, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Pontormo, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and Yayoi Kusama. After him are Andrea del Sarto, Parmigianino, Francis Bacon, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Juan Gris, and Giorgio de Chirico.

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Among people born in 1284, Simone Martini ranks 2. Before him is Edward II of England. After him are Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Edward, Count of Savoy, Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, and John I, Count of Holland. Among people deceased in 1344, Simone Martini ranks 1. After him are Gersonides, Chunghye of Goryeo, Amda Seyon I, Constantine II, King of Armenia, Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg, Walter Burley, and Leopold II, Duke of Austria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Simone Martini ranks 474 out of 5,161. Before him are Guccio Gucci (1881), Pope Benedict VI (900), Pope Stephen VI (850), Clara Petacci (1912), Monica Bellucci (1964), and Jacopo Peri (1561). After him are Andrea del Sarto (1486), Andrea Doria (1466), Vittorio De Sica (1901), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), Parmigianino (1503), and Alessandro Cagliostro (1743).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Simone Martini ranks 35. Before him are Sofonisba Anguissola (1535), Filippo Lippi (1406), Guido Reni (1575), Antonio da Correggio (1489), Lisa del Giocondo (1479), and Pontormo (1494). After him are Andrea del Sarto (1486), Parmigianino (1503), Annibale Carracci (1560), Zeuxis (-500), Lavinia Fontana (1552), and Antonello da Messina (1430).

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