Simone Pope the Elder was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of the Renaissance

Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

 period, active mainly in Naples

Naples

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. He was a pupil of the painter Antonio Solario

Antonio Solario

Antonio Solario , also known as Lo Zingaro , Antonio de/da Solario etc, was an Italian painter of the Venetian school, who worked in Naples, the Marche and possibly England...

. He painted the St Michael, saints and donors now in Capodimonte Museum. He painted an Annunciation for the church of San Niccolo alla Dogana. He painted a Virgin and savior with saints for the church of San Lorenzo. He painted a St Michael defeating rebel angels for the church of Santa Maria Nuova

Santa Maria Nuova

For the church in Rome, see Santa Maria Nuova .Santa Maria Nuova is a comune in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about 20 km southwest of Ancona....

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His son, Simone Pope the younger (1506-1507) became a pupil of Giovanni Antonio d’Amato and painted in the Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore.