Simone Papa the Younger

Simone Papa the Younger (about 1506-1567) was a Neapolitan fresco painter from Italy. Considered one of the best mannerists of this time,^[1] he was a scholar of Giovanni Antonio Amato. He is remembered for retaining an agreeable simplicity, and for distinguishing himself by correctness of form.^[2] Some of his works are in the church of Monte Oliveto,^[3] and in the choir of Santa Maria La Nova.

References

• This article incorporates text from a work in the public domain: M. Farquhar's Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters (1855)

1. Burckhardt 1879, p. 204.
2. Kugler, Eastlake & Head 1842, p. 387.
3. Farquhar 1855, p. 120.

Bibliography

• Burckhardt, Jacob Christoph (1879). The cicerone: or, Art guide to painting in Italy, edited by A. von Zahn, translated by Mrs. A.H. Clough (Public domain ed.).
• Farquhar, Maria (1855). R. O. Wornum, ed. Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters (Public domain ed.).
• Kugler, Franz; Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock; Head, Sir Edmund (1842). A Hand-book of the History of Painting: The Italian schools of paintings (Public domain ed.). J. Murray.