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Simone Moschino (12 November 1553 - 20 June 1610) was an
Simone Moschino (12 November 1553 - 20 June 1610) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor
Italian Renaissance sculpture was an important part of the art of the Italian Renaissance, in the early stages arguably representing the leading edge. The example of Ancient Roman sculpture hung very heavily over it, both in terms of style and t ...
and architect, born in Orvieto
Orvieto () is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The city rises dramatically above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are compl ...
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
Bernardo Buontalenti (), byname of Bernardo Delle Girandole ( 1531 – June 1608), was an Italian stage designer, architect, theatrical designer, military engineer and artist and inventor of italian ice cream.
Biography
Buontalenti was born in ...
. He began working as a sculptor with work for the villa Orsini in Bomarzo
Bomarzo is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Viterbo (Lazio, Central Italy), in the lower valley of the Tiber. It is located east-northeast of Viterbo and north-northwest of Rome.
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, before working on the statues for the Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo - at "Il Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo". 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. On his father Francesco's death, Ottavio Farnese
Ottavio Farnese (9 October 1524 – 18 September 1586) reigned as Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1547 until his death and Duke of Castro from 1545 to 1547 and from 1553 until his death.
Biography
Born in Valentano, Ottavio was the second ...
summoned Simone to Parma on the recommendation of Vicino Orsini.
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 returning to Parma he and Giovanni Boscoli co-produced the huge now-lost fountain in front of the new Palazzo del Giardino
The Palazzo del Giardino (''Garden Palace'') or Palazzo Ducale del Giardino (''Ducal Garden Palace'') is a historic palace in the Parco Ducale in Parma. It is not to be confused with the official Parma residence of Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma ...
, with Moschino completing it after Boscoli's death in 1589. After the death of Ottavio's wife Margaret of Austria, Ranuccio Farnese had Moschino design her tomb monument in San Sisto church in Piacenza
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.
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 Palazzo della Pilotta is a complex of edifices located between Piazzale della Pace and the Lungoparma in the historical centre of Parma, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. Its name derives from the game of pelota played at one time by Spanish ...
. The design for the bell-tower at San Sepolcro church is attributed to him and Giovanni Battista Tinti. He died in Parma. Lucia Fornari Schianchi (ed.), ''Il Palazzo della Pilotta a Parma'', Parma, Cassa di Risparmio di Parma & Piacenza / Franco Maria Ricci, 1986.
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