Simone Balli (born c. 1580 in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

) was an Italian painter of the 17th century. He settled in

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in 1600, where he mainly painted. He trained with

Aurelio Lomi Aurelio Lomi (29 February 1556 – 1622) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early- Baroque periods, active mainly in his native town of Pisa, Tuscany. __NOTOC__ Biography He may have initially been trained by his father, Giovann ...

, and painted often small cabinet pieces on copper, for example for the Spinola palace in Cornigliano (Genoa). He also painted for the church of

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, the Carmine, and the Oratory of St. Bartholemew in Genoa.

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* 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Florence 1580s births 17th-century deaths {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub