During the late 1520s and early 1530s Simone Mosca worked with a sculptor described as one of the what?
Simone Mosca Simone Mosca (1492–1554) was an Italian sculptor who was born in Settignano (part of Florence). His sons were sculptors Francesco Mosca, called "Il Moschino" (ca. 1531-1578) and Simone Simoncelli, also known as "Simone Moschino" (1533-1610). During the late 1520s and early 1530s Simone worked with Michelangelo on the Medici Chapel in Florence. Simone Mosca died in Orvieto, Italy in 1554.
Head of a Faun Head of a faun is a lost sculpture by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo, dating from c. 1489. His first known work of sculpture in marble, it was sculpted when he was 15 or 16 as a copy of an antique work with some minor alterations. According to Giorgio Vasari's biography of the artist, it was the creation of this work that secured the young Michaelangelo the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici.