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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. Related Paintings of PRETI, Mattia :. | The Baptism of Christ | St Sebastian s | Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius Fleeing Troy a | The Tribute Money (mk08) | The Tribute Money | Related Artists: Paul BuffetFrench, 1864-1941 sir herbert edwin pelham hughes-stanton,r.a.,p.r.w.s.1870-1937 martin lutherBorn: 10 November 1483
Birthplace: Eisleben, Germany
Died: 18 February 1546
Best Known As: German monk who started Protestant Reformation
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