Simone Brentana, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Simone Brentana

Italian painter (1656-1742)

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1656

Place of Birth: Venice, Venetian Province, Italy

Date of Death: 09-Jun-1742

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Simone Brentana (1656 – 9 June 1742) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Verona.
He was born in Venice to Domenico Brentana, but became orphaned by age nine.
After a prolonged desultory education in various fields including music, he trained as a painter in Venice with Pietro Negri, frequenting the Accademia di Belle Arti, moving in 1685 to Verona, where most of his paintings are located. Among his pupils were Antonio Baroni, Michelangelo Spada, Tommaso Dossi, Antonio Elenetti, Giovanni Battista Marcola, and Lodovico Buffetti.