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PRETI, Mattia
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1613-1699
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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St John the Baptist before Herod af
c. 1665
Oil on canvas, 90 x 190 cm
Private collection
Painting ID:: 8676
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St_John_the_Baptist_before_Herod_af
c. 1665
Oil on canvas, 90 x 190 cm
Private collection
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St John Reproaching Herod af
1662-66
Oil on canvas, 140 x 202 cm
Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville
Painting ID:: 8677
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St_John_Reproaching_Herod_af
1662-66
Oil on canvas, 140 x 202 cm
Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville
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St. George on Horseback af
c.1658
Oil on canvas
Conventual Church of St. John, Valletta, Malta
Painting ID:: 8678
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St._George_on_Horseback_af
c.1658
Oil on canvas
Conventual Church of St. John, Valletta, Malta
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St. George Victorious over the Dragon af
1678
Oil on canvas
Collegiate Basilica of St. George, Gozo, Malta
Painting ID:: 8679
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St._George_Victorious_over_the_Dragon_af
1678
Oil on canvas
Collegiate Basilica of St. George, Gozo, Malta
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Tribute Money af
c. 1640
Oil on canvas, 193 x 143 cm
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Painting ID:: 8680
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Tribute_Money_af
c. 1640
Oil on canvas, 193 x 143 cm
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
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PRETI,_Mattia
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1613-1699
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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