# Francesco Simonini artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/francesco-simonini/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:54:11.754Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1686-06-16
- Nationality: Italian
- Common media: Painting

## About Francesco Simonini

Francesco Simonini (1686–1753, with some authority records giving circa 1755) was an Italian painter. The collected authority records consistently identify his name and occupation, while the French-language biographical record gives Parma as his birthplace and Venice as his place of death. The source pack does not provide institution-grade evidence for a named movement, so this profile does not assign one. An artwork image linked from his Wikipedia profile depicts mounted figures in a battle scene, supporting battle imagery as one documented subject without treating it as an exhaustive account of his production. Collectors encounter Simonini through paintings and auction records attributed to him; Appraisily's supplied directory signal counts 214 associated entries. Because he belongs to the early eighteenth-century Italian context and the authority data contains a death-year discrepancy, careful identity normalization and object-level attribution remain important when matching works, records, and comparable sales.

## Common works and media

The source pack supports painting as Simonini's principal work type. One documented image shows mounted combat in a cavalry battle scene, making battle imagery relevant when classifying a possible work. The available evidence does not establish a complete catalogue of subjects, named series, print editions, sculptures, ceramics, or other media, so those categories should not be assigned without additional object-level research.

## Market and appraisal context

The supplied data indicates substantial auction-directory coverage for Francesco Simonini, but the source pack contains no individual lot descriptions, condition reports, provenance, estimates, or realized prices. This profile therefore makes no price-range or market-trend prediction. For an individual painting, the first issue is whether its attribution to Simonini is documented and consistent with the normalized authority identity. The collected battle-scene image supplies limited subject context but is not authentication evidence. A valuation should ultimately use verified facts about the object and genuinely comparable public auction records, rather than relying on the artist name or directory count alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine normalized artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3081094
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95847634/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500026882
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Simonini
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Simonini
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/francesco-simonini/