Simone de Magistris

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Simone de Magistris (known from 1555 to 1613) was an Italian painter and sculptor.

Born at

Loreto, where he studied for a while under the aged Lorenzo Lotto
.

He is considered "one of the first exponents of the

Mannerist style" in paintings.[1]

De Magistris worked for a long time under cardinal Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta, who largely contributed to the renovation of Caldarola in the Marche. A Pietà is on display in the Pinacoteca Civica Scipione Gentili of San Ginesio in the Marche.[2]

Sources and references

  1. ^ Zampetti, Simone De Magistris e i pittori di Caldarola, p. 9
  2. ^ Province of Macerata, entry on Pinacoteca Civica Scipione Gentili in San Ginesio.
  • Amato, Pietro (2001). Simone De Magistris "picturam et sculturam faciebat", 1538/43-notizie 1611. Macerata.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Pietro Zampetti, ed. (2001). Simone De Magistris e i pittori di Caldarola. Camerano.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Vittorio Sgarbi, ed. (2007). Simone De Magistris. Un pittore visionario tra Lotto e El Greco. Venice: Marsilio.