- Simone Cantarini
Simone Cantarini (also known as Simone da Pesaro;
12 April 1612 - 1648) was an Italian painter andetcher of the Bolognese School of painting.Cantarini was born in
Oropezza nearPesaro , then part of thePapal States . Initially he was a pupil of the VenetianClaudio Ridolfi and PesareseGiovanni Giacomo Pandolfi , and then, for about 4 years (1635-1639), ofGuido Reni . He soon fought with his mentor, and did not return to Bologna till after Reni had died (1642). His pictures are generally derivative. Some of his works have been mistaken for examples of Reni. Among his principal paintings are "St. Anthony", atCagli ; the "Magdalene", atPesaro ; the "Transfiguration" in the Brera Gallery,Milan ; the "Portrait of Guido", in theBologna gallery; and "St. Romuald", in the Casa Paolucci. His most celebrated etching is "Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto", honoring the heraldic arms of Cardinal Borghese.It is said that Cantarini's death, which took place at
Verona in 1648, was occasioned by the humiliation when he was fired by the duke ofMantua when he was unable to paint a portrait [A.B. Amorini p 283-284.] . Others relate that he was poisoned by a Mantuan painter whom he had injuredFact|date=March 2007.Among his pupils were
Lorenzo Pasinelli ,Giulio Cesare Milani ,Giovanni Peruzzini , andGirolamo Rossi [*cite book | first= James R.|last= Hobbes| year=1849| title= Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur| editor = | pages= page 36 | publisher= T&W Boone, 29 Bond Street; Digitized by Googlebooks | id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:picture+intitle:collector's | authorlink= ] . He also trained Giovanni Maria Luffoli, Giovanni Venanzi, andFlaminio Torre [*cite book| first=Luigi| last= Lanzi| year=1847| title= "History of Painting in Italy;From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century" (Volume III)| editor = Thomas Roscoe (translator)| pages= page 106-107| publisher= Henry G. Bohn, Covent Garden, London; Original from Oxford University Digitized Jan 31, 2007| id= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=k0sGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11&dq=Lanzi+The+History+of+Painting+Roscoe#PPP11,M1 | authorlink=]External links
* [http://spaightwoodgalleries.com/Pages/Cantarini.html Biography and artwork]
* [http://search.famsf.org:8080/search.shtml?keywords=%53%69%6D%6F%6E%65| Etchings in DeYoung Museum of San Francisco]References
*1911
*cite book | first= Rudolf|last= Wittkower| year=1993| title= Pelican History of Art|chapter=Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750| editor= | others=1980 | pages= p342-343 | publisher= Penguin Books Ltd| id= | url= | authorlink=Rudolf Wittkower
*cite book | author= Marchese Antonio Bolognini Amorini| year=1843| title= Vite de Pittori ed Artifici Bolognesi| chapter= (Parte Quinta)| editor= | others= | pages= pages 272-284| publisher= Tipografia Governativa alla Volpe, Bologna | id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?id=-GABAAAAQAAJ&dq=pittori&as_brr=1 | authorlink=
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