Paolo de Matteis
Allegory of Knowledge and the Visual Arts Crowning Parthenope, the Siren of Naples

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Artist Paolo de MatteisItalian (Neapolitan), 1662–1728

CultureItalian

Titles

Allegory of Knowledge and the Visual Arts Crowning Parthenope, the Siren of Naples

Datec. 1685

PlaceNaples, Italy

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsImage: 144 1/2 × 99 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (367 × 253 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2010.1

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

214 Blaffer Galleries

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[Private dealer, England]; [Alberto Di Castro & Figlio Franco, Rome]; purchased by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1969; purchased from the Getty Museum by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated lower right: Paulus de Mattei F. 168[-]

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