mattia pretti

The Sermon of St John the Baptist including Preti’s self-portrait – coming to Malta in May

Mattia Preti 

The well known artist Mattia Preti was born in Italy, Taverna to be exact a small town in Calabria. His brother was an artist that used to work in Rome. Preti soon followed his brothers footsteps.Preti got a lot of coverage from major commissions given from connections he had from with the night of St. john.He later on got his knight hood. He did a lot of works in Malta which are being exhibited right now. 

‘Mattia Preti – Faith and Humanity’ | Heritage Malta. 2013. ‘Mattia Preti – Faith and Humanity’ | Heritage Malta. [ONLINE] Available at:http://heritagemalta.wordpress.com/mattia-preti-faith-and-humanity/. [Accessed 20 May 2013].