Simone Cantarini

Simone Cantarini (born 1612 in Oropezza near Pesaro, Spain; died 1648 in Verona), called Simone da Pesaro, was a painter and etcher.

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1612 - Oropezza - Pesaro - Spain - 1648 - Verona - Painter - Etcher

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He was a disciple of Guido Reni and a fellow-student of Domenichino and Albano. The irritability of his temper and his vanity were extreme; and it is said that his death, which took place at Verona in 1648, was occasioned by chagrin at his failure in a portrait of the duke of Mantua. Others relate that he was poisoned by a Mantuan painter whom he had injured.

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Guido Reni - Domenichino - Albano - Mantua

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His pictures, though masterly and spirited, are considered deficient in originality. Some of his works have been mistaken for examples of Guido Reni, to whom, indeed, he is by some considered superior in the extremities of the figures. Among his principal paintings are St. Anthony, at Cagli; the Magdalene, at Pesaro; the Transfiguration in the Brera Gallery, Milan; the Portrait of Guido, in the Bologna gallery; and St. Romuald, in the Casa Paolucci. His most celebrated etching is Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto, honoring the arms of Cardinal Borghese.

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Cagli - Pesaro - Milan - Bologna - Cardinal Borghese

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