Artist
Mattia Preti (Italian (Neapolitan), 1613–1699)Italian (Neapolitan), 1613–1699
CultureItalian
Titles
- The Martyrdom of Saint Paul
Datec. 1656–1659
PlaceNaples, Italy
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 70 3/4 x 73 3/4 in. (179.5 x 187.3cm)
Frame: 82 1/2 x 85 1/2 in. (209.6 x 217.2cm)
Frame: 82 1/2 x 85 1/2 in. (209.6 x 217.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Laurence H. Favrot Bequest
Object number69.17
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
207 Powell Gallery
On view
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanObject Type
Exhibition History"Paintings in Naples from Caravaggio to Giordano," National Gallery of Art, Washington, February 20–May 15, 1983.
Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, January 13, 1994–March 22, 1995. (In exchange for loans to the exhibition "A Gift to America: Masterpieces of European Painting from the Samuel H. Kress Collection")
"A Brush with Passion: Mattia Preti (1613-1699). Paintings from North American Collections in Honor of the 400th Anniversary of His Birth," Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, February 6–April 14, 2013.
"Rubens, Van Dyck, Ribera: The Collection of a Prince," Gallerie d'Italia - Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Intesa Sanpaolo, Naples, December 5, 2018–April 7, 2019.
"New Light on Old Masters: European Art from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2, 2021–January 23, 2022.
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Scarsellino
c. 1600
Oil on canvas
97.118
Lorenzo Lotto
c. 1540–1545
Oil on canvas
30.5