Mattia Preti
Italian, 1613 - 1699
TypePerson
BiographyMattia Preti, mostly associated with Naples he is originally from the Southern Italian region of Calabria. He gained his art education in Rome where his beginning canvas works start emerging on the style of Caravaggio in combination with the Venetians Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese. He spends the remainder of his life on the Maltese Islands where he receives a number of church commissions. He is best recognised for his Baroque style in Naples.
NationalityItalian