
Saint Matthew and the Angel
Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo

Renaissance Painter · Active 1548 – 1548
Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo is among the painters whose work defines the Renaissance era. Paintale holds 1 of Savoldo's works in its collection, spanning themes of religion & mythology.
Where to see the work: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The paintings by Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo gathered on Paintale span religion & mythology, a set of concerns typical of an artist working through the Renaissance period. Taken as a group, they show a consistent visual language rather than a series of unrelated commissions.
Museums now holding Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo's work include The Metropolitan Museum of Art. On each painting's page here, we go beyond the caption to cover subject, symbolism, technique, and provenance — the context a modern viewer needs to see what the original audience saw.
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