CANTARINI, SIMONE ,1612-1648), called SIMONE DA PESARO, painter and etcher, was born at Oropezza near Pesaro in 1612. He was a disciple of Guido Reni and a fellow-student of Domenichino and Albano. His pictures, though masterly and spirited, are deficient in originality, and some of his works have been mistaken for examples of Guido Reni. Among his principal paintings are "St. Anthony," at Cagli; the "Magdalene," at Pesaro; the "Transfiguration," in the Brera gallery, Milan; the "Portrait of Guido," in the Bologna gallery; and "St. Romuald," in the Casa Paolucci. His most celebrated etching is "Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto honouring the arms of Cardinal Borghese." He died at Verona in 1648.