Fra Simone da Carnuli explained

Fra Simone da Carnuli (born 15th century)^[1] was a (Genoese) painter.^[2] He was a Franciscan friar of Genoa. He painted several pictures for his convent, two of which are dated 1519, representing the Last Supper and Preaching of St. Anthony. He painted architectural designs and bird's-eye views with figures seen from an aerial perspective.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Ticozzi, Stefano . Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori: intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d'ogni età e d'ogni nazione . G. Schiepatti . Stefano Ticozzi . 1830 . 284 . Italian . Dictionary of architects, sculptors, painters, copper and stone carvers, medal coiners, mosaic workers, niello makers, marquetry of every age and of every nation.
2. Book: Raffaele Soprani . Vita di Fra Simone da Carnuli, Religioso Francescano Riformato, e Pittore . Raffaele . Soprani . The lives of Genoese painters, sculptors and architects . Delle vite de' pittori, scultori ed architetti genovesi . Nella stamperia Casamara, dalle cinque Lampadi, con licenza de' Superiori. . Ratti . Carlo Giuseppe . 1768 . 41–42 . Italian . The life of Fra Simone Carnoli, Reformed Franciscan Religious, and Painter . Carlo Giuseppe Ratti.
3. Book: Bryan, Michael . Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical . I: A–K . George Bell and Sons . Robert Edmund Graves . Michael Bryan (art historian) . 1886 . London . 234–235 . Robert Edmund Graves.