Paolo de Matteis (also known as ''Paolo de' Matteis''; 9 February 1662 – 26 January 1728) was an
Italian painter
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*Niccolò dell'Abbate (1509/12–1571)
*Giuseppe Abbati (1836–1868)
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Biography
He was born in
, a hamlet of
Orria
Orria is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of South-western Italy. As of 2011, its population was of 1161.
History
The origins of town, around the 6th century, are uncertain, and possibly related to the destr ...
, in the current
Province of Salerno
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Geography
The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 131,950; Cava de' Tirreni, Battipagli ...
, and died in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. He trained with
Francesco di Maria
Francesco di Maria (1623–1690) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Naples. He was a pupil of the painter Domenichino. Maria was an early mentor of Francesco Solimena, Giacomo del Pò, and Paolo de Matteis
Paolo de ...
in
Naples
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, then with
Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence, and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain.
Earl ...
. He served in the employ of the Spanish Viceroy of Naples. From 1702 to 1705, de' Matteis worked in Paris, Calabria, and Genoa. In Genoa, he painted an ''Immaculate Conception with St. Jerome Appearing to St. Sevrio''.
Returning to Naples, he painted decorative schemes for Neapolitan churches, including the vault of the chapel of San Ignatius in the church of
Gesù Nuovo
Gesù Nuovo ( it, New Jesus) is the name of a church and a square in Naples, Italy. They are located just outside the western boundary of the historic center of the city. To the southeast of the spire, one can see a block away the Fountain of Mont ...
in Naples. He also painted an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for the Abbey at
Monte Cassino
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. Between 1723 and 1725, de' Matteis lived in Rome, where he received a commission from Pope
Innocent XIII
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.
He had as pupils
Filippo Falciatore,
Francesco Peresi, and members of the Sarnelli family including
Francesco
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People with the given name Francesco
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,
Gennaro,
Giovanni Giovanni may refer to:
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* Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data
* ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...
, and
Antonio Sarnelli. Others who were his pupils were
Giuseppe Mastroleo
Giuseppe Mastroleo (died in Naples, 1744) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He was a pupil of Paolo De Matteis. He painted a St Erasmus for the church of Santa Maria la Nuova in Naples. He also painted for the Nunziatella
The Nunziatella Militar ...
,
Giovanni Pandozzi,
Michelangelo Buonocore,
Domenico Guarino,
Antonio Fumo and
Nicola de Filippis.
Gallery
File:Matteis - Adoration of the Shepherds.jpg, ''The Adoration of the Shepherds'',
Dallas Museum of Art
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File:Paolo de Matteis - The Annunciation - 69-1973 - Saint Louis Art Museum.jpg, ''The Annunciation'' (1712)
File:Paolo de' matteis, adorazione dei pastori, 1710-15 ca.jpg, ''Adoration of the Shepherds'' (1710–15)
File:PAOLO DE MATTEIS Cain and Abel.jpg, ''Cain and Abel'' (1690)
File:Paolo De Matteis - Allegory of the Consequences of the Peace of Utrecht - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Allegory of the Consequences of the Peace of Utrecht''
File:1710-15 de Matteis Triumph of the Immaculate anagoria.JPG, ''The Triumph of the Immaculate''
See also
*
Santa Maria di Montesanto, Naples, for one of his works
* In 1996, the
United States Postal Service
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issued a Christmas stamp based on his ''Adoration of the Shepherds.''
References
Artnet biography from Grove encyclopedia of Art. Getty Museum biography.*
External links
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1662 births
1728 deaths
People from the Province of Salerno
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian painters
Painters from Naples
Italian Baroque painters
18th-century Italian male artists