Simone Pope the Elder

Simone Pope the Elder (c. 1430 – c. 1480) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples. He was a pupil of the painter Antonio Solario. He painted the St Michael, saints and donors now in Capodimonte Museum. He painted an Annunciation for the church of San Niccolo alla Dogana. He painted a Virgin and savior with saints for the church of San Lorenzo. He painted a St Michael defeating rebel angels for the church of Santa Maria Nuova.

His son, Simone Pope the younger (1506-1507) became a pupil of Giovanni Antonio d’Amato and painted in the Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore.

References

• Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum. ed. Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006. pp. page 120. http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters. 

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