Mattia Preti
Mattia Preti | |
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Hospitaller Malta | |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Style | Baroque painting |
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Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John.
Life
St. John's Co-Cathedral
, VallettaBorn in the small town of
Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, which may account for his lifelong interest in the style of Caravaggio
.
Probably before 1630, Preti joined his brother Gregorio (also a painter), in
.During most of 1653–1660, he worked in Naples, starting with a San Pietro a Maiella, along with producing a Judith and Holofernes and Saint John the Baptist, both still in Naples.
Having been made a Knight of Grace in the
St. John the Baptist (1661–1666). In Malta one also can find many paintings of Preti in private collections and in parish churches. His increased reputation led to an expanded circle of patrons, and he received commissions from all over Europe.[5][6]
Preti was fortunate to enjoy a long career and have a considerable artistic output. His paintings, representative of the exuberant late Baroque style, are held by many great museums, including important collections in Naples, Valletta, and in his hometown of Taverna, Calabria.
Gallery
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Sant'Antonio Abatec.1628, 62 x 62 cm, private collection -
The Concert c.1630, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg -
Homer c.1635, 102 x 81 cm, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice -
The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew c.1650, Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral -
![The Marriage at Cana c.1655-1660, National Gallery, London[7]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Preti%2C_Mattia_-_Wedding_at_Cana_-_c._1655.jpg/120px-Preti%2C_Mattia_-_Wedding_at_Cana_-_c._1655.jpg)
The Marriage at Cana c.1655-1660,National Gallery, London[7] -
Pilate Washing His Hands, c. 1663,The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York -
Calling the Apostle Matthew c. 1630-1640, 104 x 164 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna -
Unbelieving Thomas, c. 1656-1660, 187 x 145 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum -
Christ in Glory with Saints, 1660-1661, Museo del Prado, Madrid -
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The Death of Sophonisba c.1660-1670, 198 x 174 cm, Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon -
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A Mother Entrusting Her Sons to Christ c. 1635-36, 143 x 193 cm, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan -
The Banquet of the Rich Glutton c.1665, 148 x 200 cm, Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Rome -
Plato and Diogenes c.1688, 101 x 151 cm, Capitoline Museums, Rome -
The Deliverance of St. Peter from Prison, c. 1650, 205 x 226 cm, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden -
St. John's Co-Cathedral -
National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta -
Saint Veronica with the Veil, 1655-1660, 100 x 74 cm, Los Angeles County Museum of Art -
Saint Paul the Hermit, c. 1662-1664, 103 x 76 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art -
St. John the Baptist Preaching, c. 1665, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco -
Adoration of the shepherds, c. 1678, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool -
Judith and Holofernes, c. 1653-1654, 186 x 143 cm, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples -
Baldassarre's Feast, 1653-1659, 202 x 297 cm, Museo di Capodimonte -
The four Evangelists, 1650, 153 x 207 cm, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo -
Christ and the adulteress, 1650, 85 x 117 cm, Palazzo Abatellis -
Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, 1650-1651, Sant'Andrea della Valle, Rome -
Return of the Prodigal Son, 1658, 202 x 285 cm, Royal Palace of Naples -
Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius Fleeing Troy, 1630, 86 x 153 cm, Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Rome -
Saint Sebastian, 1660, 240 x 169 cm, Museo di Capodimonte -
Adoration of the Shepherds, 1645, 148 x 197 cm,National Museum, Warsaw -
Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, 1659, 365 x 267 cm, Church of Saint Catherine of Italy, Valletta, Malta -
Belisarius receiving alms, 1665-1669, 152 x 198 cm, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
![The Marriage at Cana c.1655-1660, National Gallery, London[7]](/File:Preti,_Mattia_-_Wedding_at_Cana_-_c._1655.jpg)
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References
- ^ John T. Spike, Mattia Preti: I Documenti, Florence: 1999.
- ^ Wittkower, 360
- ^ James Clifton, "Mattia Preti's Frescoes for the City Gates of Naples," Art Bulletin (1994), 479–501
- ^ Clifton, 480. Preti's salary for the work was 1500 ducats.
- ISBN 99909-959-8-2.
- ^ Alessandro Cosma. Paintings for the Knights of Malta. Mattia Preti and the Celebration of Martyrdom. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 6. Eds: Anna V. Zakharova, Svetlana V. Maltseva, Ekaterina Yu. Stanyukovich-Denisova. St. Petersburg, NP-Print Publ., 2016, pp. 468–473. ISSN 2312-2129.
- ^ "The Marriage at Cana". The National Gallery. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
Further reading
- Spike, John (1997). Mattia Preti e Gregorio Preti a Taverna. Catalogo completo delle opere. Centro Di.
- Spike, John (1999). Mattia Preti. Catalogo Ragionato dei Dipinti. Florence.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). "Art and Architecture Italy, 1600–1750". Pelican History of Art. 1980. Penguin Books Ltd. pp. 330–331.
External links
Media related to Mattia Preti at Wikimedia Commons- Christ Seats the Child in the Midst of the Disciples, c. 1680-85. Museum & Gallery, Inc. Greenville, SC
