Francesco di Simone da Santacroce

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Francesco di Simone da Santacroce or Santa Croce (born in Santa Croce, frazione of San Pellegrino Terme, near Bergamo circa 1470-1475 and died Venice, 1508) was an Italian painter, active mainly in a Renaissance style. He was influenced by Giovanni Bellini.

Annunciation (1504), Pinacoteca Carrara, Bergamo. Francesco Di Simone Da Santacroce - Annunciation - WGA08162.jpg
Annunciation (1504), Pinacoteca Carrara, Bergamo.

Biography

He is best known for founding a studio that trained Francesco Rizzo, who inherited the studio after his master's demise, and later Palma il Vecchio and Andrea Previtali. His main pupil Francesco Rizzo is also sometimes known as Francesco da Santacroce. [1] To confuse names further, a Francesco di Simone, was putatively active in the early 15th century in Naples, a pupil of Simone Napoletano and colleague of Colantonio del Fiore. [2] Finally Simone Ferrucci is a Quattrocento sculptor also known as Francesco di Simone Ferrucci.

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References

  1. Encyclopedia Treccani, Entry on Francesco di Simone da Santacroce, by Sonia Bozzi, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 50 (1998).
  2. History of Painting in Italy: Giotto & the Giottesques by Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Robert Langton Douglas, Sandford Arthur Strong, page 104.