Fra Simone da Carnuli

Fra Simone da Carnuli (born 15th century)[1] was an Italian (Genoese) painter.[2] He was a Franciscan friar of Genoa. He painted several pictures for his convent, two of which are dated 1519, representing the Last Supper and Preaching of St. Anthony. He painted architectural designs and bird's-eye views with figures seen from an aerial perspective.[3]

References

  1. Ticozzi, Stefano (1830). Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori: intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d'ogni età e d'ogni nazione [Dictionary of architects, sculptors, painters, copper and stone carvers, medal coiners, mosaic workers, niello makers, marquetry of every age and of every nation] (in Italian). G. Schiepatti. p. 284.
  2. Soprani, Raffaele; Ratti, Carlo Giuseppe (1768). "Vita di Fra Simone da Carnuli, Religioso Francescano Riformato, e Pittore" [The life of Fra Simone Carnoli, Reformed Franciscan Religious, and Painter]. Delle vite de' pittori, scultori ed architetti genovesi [The lives of Genoese painters, sculptors and architects] (in Italian). Nella stamperia Casamara, dalle cinque Lampadi, con licenza de' Superiori. pp. 41–42.
  3. Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A–K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. 234–235.CS1 maint: location (link)



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