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Simone Cantarini

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1931-65-62
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Simone Cantarini or Simone da Pesaro, called il Pesarese 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.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (19)

Sketches of the Virgin and Child, and the Holy Family

1642 · Pen and brown ink on buff laid paper, laid down on cream board

27.2 × 20.2 cm (10 3/4 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Psyche verlicht met haar lamp de slapende Amor

1640 · chalk, paper

width: 190 cm, height: 168 cm

Rijksmuseum

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto Offering their Crowns to the Arms of Cardinal Borghese

1640 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 31 × 43.5 cm (12 1/4 × 17 3/16 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 44 cm (12 7/16 × 17 3/8 in.); Sheet: 32 × 44 cm (12 5/8 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Madonna and Child with a Finch

1635 · Etching on paper

21.8 × 14.6 cm (8 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Schetsblad met verschillende composities, onder andere van twee handen

1635 · pen on paper, chalk, ink

height: 205 cm, width: 275 cm

Rijksmuseum

Schetsblad met verschillende composities, waaronder een Bewening

1635 · pen on ink, paper

width: 275 cm, height: 205 cm

Rijksmuseum

Holy Family with a rosary

1635 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/16 × 3 5/16 in. (12.9 × 8.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Sketches of Saint Sebastian

1634 · Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

18 × 18.1 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ while St. Joseph hands him a fruit

1634 · Etching

Sheet (Trimmed): 11 7/16 × 7 3/8 in. (29 × 18.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Adam and Eve

1634 · Etching

Sheet: 10 15/16 × 7 1/2 in. (27.8 × 19 cm) Plate: 8 × 7 1/16 in. (20.3 × 18 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1632 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 22.3 × 17 cm (8 13/16 × 6 3/4 in.); Sheet: 22.4 × 17.1 cm (8 7/8 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint John the Baptist in the desert

1632 · Etching

Sheet: 6 9/16 × 6 9/16 in. (16.6 × 16.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pieta

1632 · Black chalk on cream laid paper

24.3 × 18.6 cm (9 5/8 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketches of Male Nudes, Legs (recto); Sketches of Male Nudes (verso)

1632 · Red chalk (recto and verso) on cream laid paper

27 × 20 cm (10 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Repose in Egypt, Mary holding and looking at the infant Christ while St. Joseph sleeps

1632 · Etching

Sheet: 3 3/8 × 5 1/16 in. (8.5 × 12.8 cm) Plate: 7 9/16 × 10 3/4 in. (19.2 × 27.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mercury and Argus

1625 · Etching

Sheet (Trimmed): 10 3/16 × 11 15/16 in. (25.8 × 30.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Verleiding van Adam

1622 · etching on paper

height: 196 cm, width: 168 cm

Rijksmuseum

De roeping van een Christelijke Ridder

1622 · paper, chalk

height: 226 cm, width: 312 cm

Rijksmuseum

Rust op de vlucht naar Egypte

1622 · etching on paper

width: 174 cm, height: 208 cm

Rijksmuseum

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19 published of 19 catalogued · 19 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Rijksmuseum
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The Met
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Psyche verlicht met haar lamp de slapende Amor
1640 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
De roeping van een Christelijke Ridder
1622 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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