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Mattia Preti (1613-1699)
Aliases: "il cavalier" Calabrese; Mattia Preti Calabrese; Matteo Preti; Mattias Preti
Professions: Painter
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Mattia Preti , Taverna 1613-1699 Malta David Playing the Harp Before Saul oil on canvas
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The Death of Lucretia
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION MATTIA PRETI TAVERNA, CALABRIA 1613 - 1699 VALLETTA, MALTA
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Mattia Preti, il Cavalier Calabrese (Taverna 1613-1699 Malta)
Mattia Preti Biography
(b Taverna, Calabria, 24 Feb 1613; d Valletta, Malta, 3 Jan 1699). Italian painter and draughtsman. Although he was trained and had his first success as a painter in Rome during the 1630s and 1640s, he is traditionally associated with the Neapolitan school. It was in Naples between 1653 and 1660 that he made his most lasting mark (see fig. 1), contributing to the evolution of the exuberant late Baroque style and providing an important source of inspiration to later generations of painters, notably to Francesco Solimena. From 1661 he was based in Malta, where his most substantial undertaking was the decoration of St John’s, Valletta. Preti’s mature style is intensely dramatic and unites a Caravaggesque realism and expressive chiaroscuro with the grandeur and theatricality of Venetian High Renaissance painting.
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Mattia Preti, il Cavaliere Calabrese (Taverna, Calabria 1613-1699 Valletta, Malta)
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Mattia Preti Taverna 1613-1699 Malta , San Gerolamo olio su tela
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Mattia Preti , Taverna, Calabria 1613 - 1699 Valletta, Malta the incredulity of saint thomas oil on canvas
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