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CANTARINI, SIMONE (1612-1648)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 209 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CANTARINI, SIMONE (1612-1648)

CANTARINI, See also:
SIMONE (1457—1508)
SIMONE (1612-1648) , called SIMONE DA See also:

PESARO (anc. Pisaurum, q.v.)

PESARO, painter and etcher, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Oropezza near Pesaro in 1612. He was a See also:

DISCIPLE

disciple of Guido Reni and a See also:

FELLOW

fellow-student of Domeni chino and Albano. The irritability of his See also:

TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper and his vanity were extreme; and it is said that his See also:

DEATH

death, which took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at See also:

Verona in x648, was occasioned by chagrin at his failure in a portrait of the See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

MANTUA (Ital. Mantova)

Mantua. Others relate that he was poisoned by a Mantuan painter whom he had injured. His pictures, though masterly and spirited, are deficient in originality. Some of his See also:

WORKS

works have been mistaken for examples of Guido Reni, to whom, indeed, he is by some considered See also:

SUPERIOR

superior in the extremities of the figures. Among his See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal paintings are "St See also:

Anthony," at See also:

CAGLI

Cagli; the " Magdalene," at Pesaro; the "Transfiguration." in the Brera See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery, See also:

Milan; the "Portrait of Guido," in the See also:

Bologna gallery; and " St Romuald," in the Casa Paolucci.

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