Niccolò De Simone, also called ''Nicolò Fiammingo'', ''Lo Zet'', or ''Lopet'', (c. 1600 - c. 1677) was a

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painter, active during 1636–1654 in

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, Italy. He was born in

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. His style suggests he was in the circle or influenced by

Jusepe de Ribera Jusepe de Ribera (; baptised 17 February 1591 – 3 November 1652) was a Spanish painter and Printmaking, printmaker. Ribera, Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and the singular Diego Velázquez, are regarded as the major artist ...

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, Bernardo Cavallino, and

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claims he was also painting in Spain and Portugal. A painting attributed to Simone is found in the

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.Ringling Docents
entry on St Sebastian painting. Convito di Ansalonne

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Year of birth unknown 1677 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Flemish painters Painters from Naples Italian Baroque painters People from Liège Province {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub