Paolo de Matteis

Paolo de Matteis (also known as "Paolo de' Matteis") (9 February 1662 - 26 January 1728) was an Italian painter.

He was born in Cilento near Salerno, and died in Naples. He trained with Francesco di Maria in Naples, then with Luca Giordano. He came to the employ of the Spanish Viceroy of Naples. From 1702-1705, de' Matteis worked in Paris, Calabria, and Genoa. In Genoa, he painted an "Immaculate conception with St. Jerome appearing to St. Sevrio". Returning to Naples, he painted decorative schemes for Neapolitan churches, including the vault of the chapel of San Ignatius in the church of Gesu Nuovo in Naples. He also painted an "Assumption of the Virgin" for the Abbey at Monte Cassino. Between 1723-1725, de' Matteis lived in Rome, where he received a commission from Pope Innocent XIII.

He had as pupils Inacio de Oliveira, Bernardes Peresi, and members of the Sarnelli family including Francesco, Gennaro, Giovanni, and Antonio Sarnelli. Others who were his pupils were Giuseppe Mastroleo and Nicolas de Filippis [ J.R. Hobbes p. 154] .

References

* [http://www.artnet.com/library/05/0560/T056005.asp| Artnet biography from Grove encyclopedia of Art.]
* [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=729| Getty Museum biography.]
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