Saint John the Baptist Preaching
Mattia Preti
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Baroque Painter · Active 1655 – 1663
Mattia Preti
Paintale's collection includes 2 paintings attributed to Mattia Preti, a figure of the Baroque period whose recurring subjects — religion & mythology, daily life — trace a consistent set of preoccupations across a career's worth of commissions.
Religion & MythologyDaily Life
Where to see the work: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Paintings by Mattia Preti (2)
About Mattia Preti
Mattia Preti's surviving output sits squarely within the Baroque period, and the paintings collected here return repeatedly to religion & mythology, daily life. Read together, they trace how one artist worked through the same problems of figure, light, and narrative weight that defined the period.
Today, paintings by Mattia Preti are held in major institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each work on Paintale unpacks the subject, the symbolism, the technique, and the long afterlife of the painting — why it was commissioned, what its earliest viewers were expected to see, and why it still rewards close looking today.
Frequently asked about Mattia Preti
- When did Mattia Preti live?
- Mattia Preti was active around 1655 – 1663, during the Baroque period.
- Where can I see paintings by Mattia Preti?
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- What themes did Mattia Preti paint?
- Religion & Mythology, Daily Life.