Simone Moschino
Illustration — Dragon with Lions - sculpture in the Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo • Illustration — Facade of San Giovanni Evangelista (1604-07) in Parma Simone Moschino (12 November 1553 - 20 June 1610) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, born in Orvieto as Simone Simoncelli. The son of the court sculptor Francesco Mosca and nephew of Simone Mosca, he was trained in the Tuscan Mannerist school, particularly under Ammannati and Buontalenti. He began working as a sculptor with work for the villa Orsini in Bomarzo, before working on the statues for the Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo - at "Il Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo".
Also recorded as Simone Simoncelli · Simone Mosca Moschino
Simone Moschino
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- 1610 · Parma.
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- Italy
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- architect · sculptor
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Illustration — Dragon with Lions - sculpture in the Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo • Illustration — Facade of San Giovanni Evangelista (1604-07) in Parma Simone Moschino (12 November 1553 - 20 June 1610) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, born in Orvieto as Simone Simoncelli. The son of the court sculptor Francesco Mosca and nephew of Simone Mosca, he was trained in the Tuscan Mannerist school, particularly under Ammannati and Buontalenti. He began working as a sculptor with work for the villa Orsini in Bomarzo, before working on the statues for the Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo - at "Il Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo".
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In September 2007, a conference was held at Palazzo Orsini in Bomarzo, where Simone Moschino was proven to be the main artist behind the 'Bomarzo monsters' sculptures. In October 1578 he arrived in Parma but the following year he temporarily returned to Bomarzo, probably to complete a number of incomplete works. After the death of Ottavio's wife Margaret of Austria, Ranuccio Farnese had Moschino design her tomb monument in the San Sisto church in Piacenza. He also worked as an architect in Parma, such as on the expansion of the monastery of Sant'Alessandro, the marble facade of San Giovanni Evangelista church, the monumental gateway to the Citadel of Parma and the interior of the stairway at palazzo della Pilotta. The design for the bell-tower at San Sepolcro church is attributed to him and Giovanni Battista Tinti.
Simone Moschino is recorded with the occupation architect. Recorded as architect and sculptor.
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1533
Simone Moschino was born on 22 November 1533.
1610
Simone Moschino died on 20 June 1610.
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