PRETI, Mattia (b. 1613, Taverna Calabria, d. 1699, La Valleta) St Sebastian c. 1660 Oil on canvas Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples This canvas is the creative legacy of Mattia Preti's stay in Naples. The picture clearly takes off Caravaggio's light as its point of departure. The refined way in which it is painted, however, as well as the use of elegant details and the classically-inspired pose of the saint's statuesque body bathed in a ray of light are all extremely revealing about the painter's extensive and important travels. In fact, Preti amalgamated the most disparate influ
PRETI, Mattia (b. 1613, Taverna Calabria, d. 1699, La Valleta) St Sebastian c. 1660 Oil on canvas Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples This canvas is the creative legacy of Mattia Preti's stay in Naples. The picture clearly takes off Caravaggio's light as its point of departure. The refined way in which it is painted, however, as well as the use of elegant details and the classically-inspired pose of the saint's statuesque body bathed in a ray of light are all extremely revealing about the painter's extensive and important travels. In fact, Preti amalgamated the most disparate influences with great originality. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: PRETI, Mattia Title: St Sebastian Time-line: 1651-1700 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious
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