Simone dei Crocifissi [SEP] date of birth
Simone dei Crocifissi
Simone di Filippo Benvenuti, known as Simone dei Crocifissi or Simone da Bologna (about 1330 - 1399), was an Italian painter. Born and dead in Bologna, he painted many religious panel paintings, and also frescoes in the churches of Santo Stefano and San Michele in Bosco, both at Bologna.
Life.
Simone dei Crocifissi was born in Bologna. He was son of the shoemaker Filippo di Benvenuto. In the 17th century he was renamed "of the Crucifixes" (dei Crocifissi)
Avanzi and his solemn style, even if re-interpreted stressing the devotional goal, as in the "Madonna" by Giovanni da Piacenza (1382). These are the characteristics that enabled Simone dei Crocifisso to reach a leading position in Bologna soon afterwards, gaining pre-eminence as the author of wooden altarpieces for local churches and for individual customers.
Further reading.
- E. Sandberg Vavalà, "Vitale delle Madonne e Simone dei Crocifissi", in "Rivista d'arte", XI 1929, pp. 449–480