Simone Cantarini
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Simone Cantarini #12,359

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Selected Works25

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
Mercury and Argus
Mercury and Argus, 1640
Acquired 2025
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Rest on the Flight to Egypt
Rest on the Flight to Egypt, 1630
Acquired 1939
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Fortune
Fortune, 1632
Acquired 1928
Etching on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Madonna and Child with a Finch
Madonna and Child with a Finch, 1635
In museum collection
Etching on paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
In museum collection
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto Offering their Crowns to the Arms of Cardinal Borghese
Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto Offering their Crowns to the Arms of Cardinal Borghese, 1640
In museum collection
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Mercury and Argus
Mercury and Argus, 1642
In museum collection
Etching on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Holy Family
The Holy Family
In museum collection
Etching on paper
Art Institute of Chicago
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Anthony of Padua
In museum collection
Etching on paper

Previous Sales

Sotheby's
Jupiter hurling a thunderbolt
Jupiter hurling a thunderbolt
$6,983
Jul 2025
Swann Auction Galleries
St. Anthony of Padua Adoring the Christ Child
St. Anthony of Padua Adoring the Christ Child
$688
Apr 2024
Christie's
Saint Anthony of Padua adoring the Christ Child in Glory (B. 25; Bellini 26)
Saint Anthony of Padua adoring the Christ Child in Glory (B. 25; Bellini 26)
£1,000 ($1k USD)
Apr 2009
Christie's
Mercury and Argus
Mercury and Argus
£1,035 ($1k USD)
Jul 1998
Forum Auctions · Artsy
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Bidding closed
Etching

For Sale

Wallector · Artsy
Rest on the flight into Egypt
Rest on the flight into Egypt, 1640
€1,200
Etching
La Maison de la Petite Sara · Artsy
Madonna con Bambino (Madonna with Child)
Madonna con Bambino (Madonna with Child), 1631
Price on request
Oil on canvas
Sylvan Cole Gallery · Artsy
"The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple"
"The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple", 1630
€1,400
Brown Ink
Childs Gallery · Artsy
La Fortuna
La Fortuna, 1635
US$2,400
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
The Large Saint Anthony of Padua
The Large Saint Anthony of Padua
For sale
Etching with burin work
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
The Virgin and Child with a Bird
The Virgin and Child with a Bird
For sale
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Mercury and Argus
Mercury and Argus
For sale
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
The Virgin and Child
The Virgin and Child
For sale
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Two Studies of Women
Two Studies of Women
For sale
Red chalk on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Saint John the Baptist in the Desert
Saint John the Baptist in the Desert
For sale
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
The Holy Family
The Holy Family
For sale
Red chalk on laid paper
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Mercury and Argus
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2024.540 · Etching on ivory laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
Allegory of the Foglia River and the city of Pesaro's coat of arms, frontispiece for 'Il Pesarese'
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.829 · Etching
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Repose in Egypt, Mary nursing the infant Christ while an angel pulls at tree branches
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.152 · Etching
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Fortune standing with one foot on a globe and emptying a purse of coins
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.151 · Etching
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ with St. Joseph at right, copy after Cantarini
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.150 · Etching
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardinal Borghese
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1986 · Accession 1986.1180.436 · Etching; second state of four
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Madonna and Child with a bird, copy in reverse
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1986 · Accession 1986.1180.433 · Etching
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Rape of Europa
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1986 · Accession 1986.1180.437 · Etching and Drypoint
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
A guardian angel walking with a child
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1986 · Accession 1986.1180.435 · Etching
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Saint John the Baptist in the desert
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1986 · Accession 1986.1180.439 · Etching
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Mars, Venus and Cupid
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1986 · Accession 1986.1180.440 · Etching
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, copy in reverse
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1986 · Accession 1986.1180.432 · Etching
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
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Current Exhibitions0

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Past Exhibitions0

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Recent Activity2

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death
Simone Cantarini dies
Jan 1, 1648
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birth
Simone Cantarini born
Jan 1, 1612