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Title: | Mattia Preti : beyond the self-portrait |
Authors: | Debono, Sandro Valentino, Giuseppe Leone, Giorgio Ciccone, Virginia Gerada, Anton |
Keywords: | Preti, Mattia, 1613-1699 -- Criticism and interpretation Preti, Mattia, 1613-1699. Works. Selections Art, Baroque -- Malta Painting -- Malta -- 17th century Preti, Mattia, 1613-1699 -- Themes, motives Preti, Mattia, 1613-1699. Allegory of the Trumph of the Order of St John -- History and criticism Preti, Mattia, 1613-1699. Allegory of the five senses (Palazzina Savorgnan di Brazzà) Preti, Mattia, 1613-1699. Saint Luke painting the Virgin Malta -- History -- Knights of Malta, 1530-1798 |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Publisher: | Midsea Books |
Citation: | Debono, S., Velentino, G., Leone, G., Ciccone, V., & Gerada, A. (2013). Mattia Preti: beyond the self-portrait. Malta: Midsea Books. |
Abstract: | In 1742, close to half a century after the artist's demise, Mattia Preti's biographer Bernardo de Dominici describes the artist as a tall, robust and well proportioned man with a dark complexion, jovial face and bright eyes. This is a visual description written by a close contemporary and the closest we can get, beyond Preti's two known self-portraits, to the effigy of the man who was but still lives on through his art. Preti's legacy is undoubtedly greater than the man himself. A knight-painter with a complex personality, Preti embraces two distinct yet overlapping vocations. Knighthood and art complement each other throughout Preti's life. Indeed each fulfils the other; art provides him with the means to secure a coveted knighthood and his artistic vocation is fulfilled through his chivalric ambitions. [Excerpt from the Preface] |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/108029 |
ISBN: | 9789993274292 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEduAOCAE |
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