Simone Mosca

Simone Mosca (1492–1554) was an Italian sculptor who was born in Settignano (part of Florence). His sons were sculptors Francesco Mosca, called Il Moschino (ca. 1531-1578) and Simone Simoncelli, also known as Simone Moschino (1533-1610). During the late 1520s and early 1530s Simone worked with Michelangelo on the Medici Chapel in Florence. A Venus by Francesco Moschino was described in 1782 in the Royal Palace of Turin.^[1]

‘The Fall of Phaëton’, marble relief by Simone Mosca, Bode Museum, Berlin

Starting circa 1535, Mosca worked on sculptures for the Duomo of Orvieto, working alongside Raffaele da Montelupo. In 1542, he began to work on commissions by Tiberio Crispo, soon to cardinal, in the city of Perugia and in Bolsena. In 1546, he was named the maestro or director of construction for the Cathedral of Orvieto, replacing Antonio da Sangallo the younger. ^[2] Simone Mosca died in Orvieto, Italy in 1554.

References

• Metropolitan Museum of Art, Outstanding Recent Accessions, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Oct. - Nov., 1971), 94-96.
• Vasari, Giorgio, Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, many editions and translations.

1. Itinerario delle pitture, sculture, ed architetture piu' rare di molte citta, by Adamo Chiusole, page 128.
2. Orvieto: note storiche di topografia; note storiche d'arte, dalle origini al 1800, by Pericle Perali (1919); pages 180-182.