Art Appreciation
Simone Cantarini was an Italian painter and etcher best known for his paintings and portraits of religious subjects.
Born on April 12, 1612 in Pesaro, Cantarini's artistic abilities was discovered by a church parishioner who accompanied the young artist to Venice. While in Venice, Cantarini was guided by artists Sante Peranda, and Francesco Mingucci.
His first commissions included Saint Rita of Cascia and The Immaculate Conception with Saints. An early Cantarini masterpiece was the St. Peter Healing the Lame Man, which reveals influence from Italian Baroque painter Guido Reni.
In 1634, Cantarini joined Reni's studio in Bologna. While there, Reni taught Cantarini etching. His stay with Reni was short since the two eventually had a fall-out. There are several speculations as to what caused the breakup.
Cantarini did return to Bologna after Reni's death in 1642 where he opened his own studio training artists like Lorenzo Pasinelli, Flaminio Torre, and Giovanni Battista Venanzi.
Sources: Wikipedia
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