Mattia Preti [SEP] place of death
Mattia Preti
Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John.
Life.
Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called "Il Cavalier Calabrese" (the Calabrian Knight) after appointment as a Knight of the Order of St. John (Knights of Malta) in 1660. His early apprenticeship is said to have been with the "Caravaggist" Giovanni Battista Caracciolo
The Death of Sophonisba (Preti)
The Death of Sophonisba or Sophonisba Taking Poison is a 1670s painting by Mattia Preti of the suicide of Sophonisba. It is now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.
Sources.
- http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=REPR&VALUE_98=Sophonisbe