Simone Mosca
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Simone Mosca also known as Simone Moschini and as Il Moschini, was an Italian sculptor who was born in Settignano
Settignano
Settignano is a picturesque frazione ranged on a hillside northeast of Florence, Italy, with spectacular views that have attracted American expatriates for generations...

 (part of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

). His son was sculptor Francesco Mosca (ca. 1546-1578). During the late 1520s and early 1530s Simone worked with Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni , commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art...

 on the Medici Chapel in Florence. Simone Mosca died in Orvieto, Italy
Orvieto
Orvieto is a city and comune in Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff...

in 1553.
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