Simone de Magistris
Appearance
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
- ^ Zampetti, Simone De Magistris e i pittori di Caldarola, p. 9
- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Pietro Zampetti, ed. (2001). Simone De Magistris e i pittori di Caldarola. Camerano.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Vittorio Sgarbi, ed. (2007). Simone De Magistris. Un pittore visionario tra Lotto e El Greco. Venice: Marsilio.