Simone de Magistris (known from 1555–1613) was an Italian painter and sculptor.
Born at
Caldarola,
Marche
Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...
, he was the son of
Giovanni Andrea de Magistris
Simone de Magistris (known from 1555–1613) was an Italian painter and sculptor.
Born at Caldarola, Marche, he was the son of Giovanni Andrea de Magistris and Camilla di Ambrogio, and brother to Palmino and to Giovanni Francesco, both painters. ...
and Camilla di Ambrogio, and brother to Palmino and to Giovanni Francesco, both painters. After leaving the family workshop, he moved to
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.
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.
Province of Macerata
entry on Pinacoteca Civica Scipione Gentili in San Ginesio.
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16th-century births
1613 deaths
People from the Province of Macerata
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
17th-century Italian painters
16th-century Italian sculptors
Italian male sculptors
17th-century Italian sculptors