Simone Cantarini | |
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![]() Self portrait, 1630s | |
Born | Pesaro | 12 April 1612,
Died | Verona | 15 October 1648,
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Painting |
Simone Cantarini or Simone da Pesaro, called il Pesarese (Baptized on 21 August 1612 – 15 October 1648) was an Italian painter and etcher. He is known mainly for his history paintings and portraits executed in an original style, which united aspects of Bolognese classicism with a bold naturalism.
Cantarini was also an etcher who achieved extraordinary delicacy and a vibrant and luminous quality in his graphic work.[1]