Mattia Preti

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Mattia Preti was a 17th-century Italian Baroque painter renowned for his dramatic use of light and shadow and his religious and historical scenes.

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Mattia Preti canonical 5

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painter ⓘ
Italian Baroque painter ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1699 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1630 ⓘ
alternateName Il Cavalier Calabrese ⓘ
artStyle Caravaggesque Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Caravaggisti

tenebrism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Italy ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1613-02-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1699-01-03 ⓘ
educatedIn Rome ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
religious art ⓘ
honorificTitle Cavaliere di Malta ⓘ
linked to: Order of Saint John
influencedBy Bolognese school of painting ⓘ
linked to: Bolognese School

Caravaggio ⓘ
Guercino ⓘ
memberOf Order of Saint John ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
name Mattia Preti ⓘ
nationality Italian ⓘ
notableFor dramatic use of light and shadow ⓘ
historical painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
notableProject Decoration of St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta ⓘ
notableWork Frescoes in St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta ⓘ
St. John the Baptist Preaching ⓘ
St. Sebastian ⓘ
linked to: Saint Sebastian

The Banquet of Herod ⓘ
The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew ⓘ
occupation fresco painter ⓘ
painter ⓘ
patron Catholic Church ⓘ
Order of Saint John ⓘ
placeOfBirth Taverna, Calabria, Italy ⓘ
placeOfDeath Valletta, Malta ⓘ
linked to: Valletta
regionOfActivity Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
Malta ⓘ
sibling Gregorio Preti ⓘ
styleCharacteristic dramatic composition ⓘ
intense emotional expression ⓘ
strong chiaroscuro ⓘ
workLocation Malta ⓘ
Naples ⓘ
Rome ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caravaggisti → hasNotableMember → Mattia Preti ⓘ
Italian Baroque → hasKeyFigure → Mattia Preti ⓘ
Mattia Preti → name → Mattia Preti ⓘ
Palazzo Corsini → containsWorkBy → Mattia Preti ⓘ