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entry July 2007
Paolo de Matteis was born in1662 near Salerno and died in Naplesin 1728.
He is regarded as an important artist of the period. According to the Grove Encyclopedia of Art:
…His elegant art encouraged the movement away from Baroque drama towards a more tender, rocaille style in harmony with the earliest manifestations in Naples of the Arcadian school of poetry and of the Enlightenment.
He painted frescoes, altarpieces and allegorical and mythological pictures.
De Matteis studied under Luca Giordano in Naples, traveled widely and was appreciated throughout Europe for his allegorical paintings.
Among such works are:
- Allegory of Divine Wisdom Crowning Painting as the Sovereign of the Arts;
- St Bruno Interceding with the Virgin Mary for Suffering Humanity;
- Olindaand Sofronia Rescued by Clorinda;
- Justice, Fortune and Valour Helping Hercules, Crowned by Glory, while Time and Truth Defeat Sl