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Belshazzar's Feast (Preti)
''Belshazzar's Feast'' is a circa 1660-1665 oil on canvas painting by Mattia Preti, now in the Museo nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples. Nicola Spinosa, ''Mattia Preti. Tra Roma, Napoli e Malta'', Napoli, Electa, 1999, ISBN 978-8851001292, p. 176. It shows a scene from chapter 5 of the Book of Daniel. History Banquets were a common motif in Preti's later work, having seen Peter Paul Rubens' ''The Feast of Herod'' in the Roomer collection in Naples and then in the Vandeneynden collection. The painting was first mentioned in the historical record by Bernardo De Dominici, who saw it in the Sanseverino family collection in Naples alongside other works by Preti such as ''The Banquet of Absalom'' (now also in the Museo de Capodimonte) and ''David Playing His Harp Before Saul'' (now in a private collection in New York). Nicola Spinosa, ''Mattia Preti. Tra Roma, Napoli e Malta'', Napoli, Electa, 1999, ISBN 978-8851001292, p. 174. It was then recorded after 1745 in the Colonna di Stigli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattia Preti - Baldassarre's Feast - WGA18380
Mattia is an Italian given name for males and, less frequently, females. Also a surname, it may refer to: Given name * Mattia Altobelli (born 1983), professional Italian footballer *Mattia Battistini (1856–1928), Italian operatic baritone * Mattia Benedetti, Italian painter *Mattia Biso (born 1977), Italian midfielder for Frosinone Calcio *Mattia Bodano (born 1990), Italian midfielder *Mattia Bortoloni (1696–1750), Italian painter of the Rococo period *Mattia Cadorin (mid 17th century), an Italian engraver and publisher who flourished at Padua c. 1648 * Mattia Carpanese (born 1985 in Padova, Italy), a speedway rider *Mattia Cassani (born 1983), Italian footballer * Mattia Cherubini (born 1988), Italian professional football player *Mattia Coletti (born 1984), Italian ski mountaineer *Mattia Dal Bello (born 1984), Italian professional football player * Mattia de Rossi (1637–1695), Italian architect of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome and surrounding towns * Mattia De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Banquet Of Absalom
''The Banquet of Absalom'' ( it, Convito di Assalonne) is an oil on canvas painting by Mattia Preti, created in 1660–1665, now in the Museo nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples.Nicola Spinosa, ''Mattia Preti. Tra Roma, Napoli e Malta'', Napoli, Electa, 1999, ISBN 978-8851001292, p. 174. It illustrates a passage from chapters 13 and 14 of Books of Samuel, 2 Samuel in the Old Testament, in which King David's son Absalom avenges the rape of Absalom's sister Tamar (daughter of David), Tamar two years earlier by inviting her rapist Amnon to a feast, getting him drunk and then killing him. History Banquets were a common motif in Preti's mature phase, after he had admired Peter Paul Rubens' ''The Feast of Herod (Rubens), The Feast of Herod'' in the Gaspar Roomer#Art collecting and patronage, Roomer and then Vandeneynden collections during his time in Naples. It also shows heavy Venetian influence, with Rolf Schott in 1910 calling it "a murder in the Neapolitan style set in a banquet in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1660s Paintings
Year 166 ( CLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pudens and Pollio (or, less frequently, year 919 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 166 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Dacia is invaded by barbarians. * Conflict erupts on the Danube frontier between Rome and the Germanic tribe of the Marcomanni. * Emperor Marcus Aurelius appoints his sons Commodus and Marcus Annius Verus as co-rulers (Caesar), while he and Lucius Verus travel to Germany. * End of the war with Parthia: The Parthians leave Armenia and eastern Mesopotamia, which both become Roman protectorates. * A plague (possibly small pox) comes from the East and spreads throughout the Roman Empire, lasting for roughly twenty years. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paintings By Mattia Preti
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. In art, the term ''painting ''describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate multiple other materials, including sand, clay, paper, plaster, gold leaf, and even whole objects. Painting is an important form in the visual arts, bringing in elements such as drawing, composition, gesture (as in gestural painting), narration (as in narrative art), and abstraction (as in abstract art). Paintings can be naturalistic and representational (as in still life and landscape painting), photographic, abstract, nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano
The Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano is a Baroque palace located on Via Toledo number 185 in the quartiere San Ferdinando of central Naples, Italy. It is also called the Palazzo Zevallos or Palazzo Colonna di Stigliano, and since 2014 serves as a museum of artworks, mainly spanning the 17th through the early 20th centuries, sponsored by the Cultural Project of the bank ''Intesa Sanpaolo''. This museum is linked to the Museum or Gallerie di Piazza Scala in Milan and the Museum at Palazzo Leoni Montanari in Vicenza, also owned by the Bank. History The palace was commissioned by Giovanni Zevallos, Duke of Ostuni. The palace was built between 1637 and 1639 after a design by Cosimo Fanzago. The palace was damaged during the 1646 Revolution of Masaniello, and in 1653 sold to the Flemish merchant Jan van den Eynde, at the time one of the richest men in Naples. Jan van den Eynde and his son Ferdinand wholly renovated the palace, with the help of the architect-friar Bonaventura Presti. Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuliano Colonna Of Stigliano, 1st Prince Of Sonnino
Giuliano Colonna, 1st Prince o Sonnino ('' Grande de España'') (10 December 1671 – 11 April 1732) was an Italian nobleman of the House of Colonna. He was Prince of Galatro and Sonnino, and a Grandee of Spain. In 1688 he married the great heiress Giovanna van den Eynde, from whom he acquired a fortune, the title of Marquess of Castelnuovo, and the Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano. Life He was born on December 10, 1671 in Rome, the son of Filippo Colonna, Lord of Sonnino, and his wife Clelia Cesarini. As a teenager, he was married to the great heiress Giovanna van den Eynde. Through his marriage to her, he acquired the title of Marquess of Castelnuovo, the Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, a huge art collection, and the greater part of the van den Eynde's fortune, all of which contributed to boost his position. In 1690, the king of Naples chose him as his ambassador to the Holy See for the traditional presentation of the ''chinea'', the symbolic annual tribute paid by the king of Naples to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanna Van Den Eynde, Princess Of Sonnino
Princess Giovanna van den Eynde (also spelled ''Vandeneinden'', ''Vandeneynden'', ''Van den Eynden'', and ''Van den Einden'') ( – 1716) was a member of the Van den Eynde family, Marchioness of Castelnuovo by birth, and the Princess consort of Galatro and Sonnino. She was the daughter of Ferdinand van den Eynde, 1st Marquess of Castelnuovo, son of the magnate Jan van den Eynde, and Olimpia Piccolomini, of the House of Piccolomini. Through her marriage to Giuliano Colonna, Giovanna became a member of the House of Colonna, and the first Princess of Sonnino. Through his marriage to her, Giovanna's husband acquired the title of Marquess of Castelnuovo. Family She was born into the Van den Eynde family, a powerful and influential Neapolitan noble family of Flemish origin. Her father was Ferdinand van den Eynde, 1st Marquess of Castelnuovo, the son of Jan van den Eynde, a wealthy merchant from Antwerp who became one of the richest and most prominent men in Naples. The Marquess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Van Den Eynde, 1st Marquess Of Castelnuovo
Ferdinand van den Eynde, 1st Marquess of Castelnuovo (mid-17th century1674) was an Italian nobleman and magnate of Flemish people, Flemish descent. He was the son of Jan van den Eynde, and the father of Elisabeth van den Eynde, Princess of Belvedere and Baroness of Gallicchio Missanello, and Missanello and Giovanna van den Eynde, Jane (Giovanna) van den Eynde, Princess of Galatro and Sonnino. He should not be confused with his namesake and uncle Ferdinand van den Eynde. Family Van den Eynde was probably born in Naples in the mid-17th century. He was the son of Jan van den Eynde, an extremely wealthy Flemish merchant who had become one of the richest men in Naples through trading and banking. Jan van den Eynde was also one of the most prominent figures in 17th-century Naples, as well as the owner of the largest art collection in the ''Campania, Napoletano''. Jan was brother to Ferdinand van den Eynde, who was buried in 1630 in the church of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome. Life The V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo De Dominici
Bernardo de' Dominici or Bernardo De Dominici (13 December 1683 – c. 1759) was an Italian art historian and painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Naples. As a painter he was known for his landscapes, marine vedute and genre scenes in a style characteristic of the Bamboccianti. He is now mainly known for his art historical writings and in particular the ''Vite dei Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Napolitani'', a three volume collection of brief biographies of Neapolitan artists.F Ferdinando Bologna, ''Bernardo de Dominici'' In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 33 (1987) Life Bernardo de' Dominici was born in Naples as the son of the painter, musician and collector[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattia Preti
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 Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called ''Il Cavalier Calabrese'' (the Calabrian Knight) after appointment as a Knight of the Order of St. John (Knights of Malta) in 1660. His early apprenticeship is said to have been with the " Caravaggist" 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 Rome, where he became familiar with the techniques of Caravaggio and his school as well as with the work of Guercino, Rubens, Guido Reni, and Giovanni Lanfranco. In Rome, he painted fresco cycles in the churches of Sant'Andrea della Valle and San Carlo ai Catinari. Between 1644 and 1646, he may have spent time in Venice, but remained based in Rome until 1653, returning later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaspar Roomer
Gaspar Roomer ( Antwerp, between 1596 and 1606 - Naples, 3 April 1674) was a prominent Flemish merchant, banker, art patron and art collector who was active in Naples in the 17th century. Biography Born in Antwerp, he lived for at least four decades in Naples, probably starting from 1626 and definitely from the 1630s.Biographical details at He became very wealthy from his trading activities, mainly with the Flemish and Dutch provinces and from banking, including as a financier to Philip IV, King of Spain. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Feast Of Herod (Rubens)
''The Feast of Herod'' is a c.1635-1638 oil on canvas painting by Peter Paul Rubens, now in the National Galleries of Scotland, for which it was bought in 1958. It shows a scene from the Gospels in which Herodias' daughter received John the Baptist's head as a reward for her dancing. The work was probably commissioned by patron and collector Gaspar Roomer Gaspar Roomer ( Antwerp, between 1596 and 1606 - Naples, 3 April 1674) was a prominent Flemish merchant, banker, art patron and art collector who was active in Naples in the 17th century. Biography Born in Antwerp, he lived for at least four dec ... and possibly helped introduce a neo-Venetian style to Naples which would have a major impact on the evolution of the city's own strand of Baroque painting.Renato Ruotolo. "Roomer, Gaspar." Grove Art O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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