Simone Mosca

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

Simone Mosca (1492-1553), also known as Simone Moschini and as Il Moschini, was an Italian sculptor who was born in Settignano, Italy. His son was sculptor Francesco Mosca (ca. 1546-1578). During the late 1520s and early 1530s Simone worked with Michelangelo on the Medici Chapel in Florence. Simone Mosca died in Orvieto, Italy in 1553.

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  • 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.