Giovanni Matta
Giovanni Matta , also known as Johannes de Matta , (active in Polizzi Generosa in the first half of the 16th century) was a Renaissance painter and wood sculptor in Sicily .
Life
The painter of panel paintings from Spain mainly worked for churches in Polizzi. Nothing is known about his education or his artistic life. Gioacchino Di Marzo writes about him: “ Johannes de Matta, pictor hispanus et habitator civitatis Polidi ” (German: “Johannes von Matta, a Spanish painter and inhabitant of the city of Polidi”), who in 1536 for public works in the forge of the master Stefano Latorre expressed interest in buying gold leaf paints. And he said he saw a valuable table work with the inscription: MATA PINSIT 1536 in the Chiesa di Sant'Eligio in Nicosia . He is aware of other paintings outside of his area of activity, Polizzi, such as a canvas with the Virgin with scenes from the Carmelite history that with MAT T A. ME. PIXIT is signed.
His painting is reminiscent of the style of the Spanish painter Pedro Machuca , although some of his figures are still strongly attached to late Gothic painting.
Works
- Works in churches by Polizzi Generosa
- Chiesa Madre Santa Maria Maggiore: Triptych "Visitation of Mary" (1519)
- Chiesa del Collegio di Maria: "Scenes from the life of St. Gandolfo"
- Chiesa di Sant'Orsola: wooden statue of "Saint Ursula"
- Chiesa di S. Maria Lo Piano: "Descent from the Cross"
- Chiesa del Carmine: "Madonna del Carmine" (1541)
- Chiesa di San Girolamo: "Lamentation of Christ with Saints Sebastian and Catherine of Alexandria" (around 1545)
- Works in churches in other places
- Chiesa Madre Ss. Giovanni e Paolo in Pollina : "Saints John and Paul "
literature
- Matta, Johannes de . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 250 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Gioacchino Di Marzo : La pittura in Palermo nel rinascimento, storia e documenti (con venti tavole) . A. Reber, Palermo 1899, p. 286–287 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Cristo Giudice by Johannes de Matta
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matta, Giovanni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Matta, Johannes de; Matta, Giovanni de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish painter in Sicily |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1560 |
| Place of death | uncertain: Polizzi Generosa |