# Simone Mosca

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**Simone Mosca** (1492–1554) was an Italian sculptor who was born in [Settignano](/source/Settignano) (part of [Florence](/source/Florence)). His sons were sculptors [Francesco Mosca](/source/Francesco_Mosca), called *Il Moschino* (ca. 1531-1578) and [Simone Simoncelli](/source/Simone_Simoncelli), also known as *Simone Moschino* (1533-1610). During the late 1520s and early 1530s Simone worked with [Michelangelo](/source/Michelangelo) on the [Medici Chapel](/source/Basilica_of_San_Lorenzo,_Florence) in Florence. A *Venus* by Francesco Moschino was described in 1782 in the Royal Palace of Turin.[1]

Starting circa 1535, Mosca worked on sculptures for the [Duomo of Orvieto](/source/Duomo_of_Orvieto), working alongside [Raffaele da Montelupo](/source/Raffaele_da_Montelupo). In 1542, he began to work on commissions by [Tiberio Crispo](/source/Tiberio_Crispo), soon to cardinal, in the city of Perugia and in [Bolsena](/source/Bolsena). In 1546, he was named the maestro or director of construction for the Cathedral of Orvieto, replacing [Antonio da Sangallo the younger](/source/Antonio_da_Sangallo_the_younger). [2] Simone Mosca died in [Orvieto, Italy](/source/Orvieto) in 1554.

## References

- 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.

1. [Itinerario delle pitture, sculture, ed architetture piu' rare di molte citta](https://books.google.com/books?id=eT4GAAAAQAAJ), by Adamo Chiusole, page 128.

1. [Orvieto: note storiche di topografia; note storiche d'arte, dalle origini al 1800](https://books.google.com/books?id=1aNFAQAAMAAJ), by Pericle Perali (1919); pages 180-182.

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