Johannes De Matta
Johannes De Matta (Valencia, 15th century - 16th century) was a Spanish painter.[1][2]
Ultima Cena, museo Mandralisca, Cefalù.
Giudizio Universale, museo Mandralisca, Cefalù.
He was also known as Juan de Matta.[1] Few and fragmentary biographical details are known about his professional training which included a stay in Naples at the beginning of the XVI century.[3]
He was prevalently active in the areas surrounding modern day madonita.[4][5] De Matta resided in Polizzi Generosa,[4][2] where he also ran his workshop. The artist is documented to have also visited Palermo in the period between 1536 and 1537.[2]
Some of his works can be found in Termini Imerese, Caltagirone and Sutera.[3]
Works
Nicosia
- 1535, Sant'Eligio, painting in the chapter house of the cattedrale di San Nicolò.
Caltavuturo
- XVI century, Adorazione dei Magi, painting in the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.[3]
Cefalù
- XVI century, Ultima Cena, painting in the collection of the Mandralisca Museum.
- 1530 - 1539, Giudizio Universale,[4] oil on panel (altarpiece) transferred to canvas showing Christ between the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist, below the souls of the "elect", the painting used to be part of the collection of lawyer Cirincione, and was given on permanent deposit to the Mandralisca Museum in Cefalù.
Polizzi Generosa
Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta:
- 1521, Andata al Calvario an imitation of Spasimo di Sicilia, a painting produced around the time of the arrival of Raffaello Sanzio's painting in Palermo.[3]
- 1524, Tre angeli cantori, oil on panel.
- 1540c., Strage degli Innocenti, gouache.[3]
- 1540c., Martirio dei Diecimila Martiri, oil on canvas.[3]
- XVI century, Custodia del Sacramento,[6] posthumous decoration of marble apparatus.
- XVI century, Deposizione dalla croce, documented work.[3]
- 1530c., Compianto su Cristo Morto con San Sebastiano e Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, painting commissioned by the La Farina family, which was initially installed in the church of Santa Maria di Gesù of the Order of Friars Minor and is now kept in the church of San Girolamo.
- 1541, Madonna del Carmine, oil on canvas, can be found in chiesa del Carmine.
- XVI century, San Gandolfo e storie della sua vita, trittico,[7] Church of the College of Mary formerly the Church of San Gandolfo La Povera.[8]
Pollina
- XVI secolo, Santi Giovanni e Paolo, diptych in the cathedral of Saints John and Paul.[3]
Others
- 1536, processional banner painted by the artist depicting the Annunciation, the resurrection of Christ, the Transfiguration, the Apostles, St Michael the Archangel, St John the Evangelist, was originally commissioned by the Brotherhood of St John the Evangelist.[1]
References
- (Termotto - Marino & p. 82).
- (Francesco Abbate & p. 39).
- (Francesco Abbate & p. 40).
- (Termotto - Marino & p. 48).
- (Teresa Viscuso & pp. 191-207).
- (Gioacchino di Marzo & pp. 60-62).
- Pagina 87, Gabriele Marino, Giuseppe Fazio, Marco Failla, "Arte e storia delle Madonie. Studi per Nico Marino" , Volume III, Cefalù, 2015, ISBN 978-1-326-44081-7.
- Pagina 79, Nadia Francaviglia, "Intervento in situ e manutenzione programmata: Il gonfalone processionale di Palazzo Abatellis" , Nardini Editore, 2013, ISBN 9788840404073.
Bibliography
- Gioacchino di Marzo. "I Gagini e la scultura in Sicilia nei secoli XV e XVI; memorie storiche e documenti" (in Italian). Vol. I e II. Conte Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana Lazelada di Bereguardo. Palermo: Stamperia del Giornale di Sicilia.
- Rosario Termotto, Gabriele Marino. "Conoscere il territorio: Arte e Storia delle Madonie. Studi in memoria di Nico Marino" (in Italian). Vol. I. Cefalù, 2013: Associazione Culturale «Nico Marino». ISBN 978-1-291-58694-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - Teresa Viscuso. "Matta. Me. Pïxît: la congiuntura Flandro - Iberica e la cultura figurativa nell'entroterra madonita" in "Vincenzo degli Azani da Pavia e la cultura figurativa in Sicilia nell'età di Carlo V" (in Italian). Siracusa, 1999: Ediprint.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - Francesco Abbate (1997). "Storia dell'arte nell'Italia meridionale. Il Cinquecento" (in Italian). Roma, 2001: Progetti Donzelli. ISBN 88-7989-653-9.
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