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His works can be enjoyed in most of Malta’s baroque churches

St Julian the Confessor painting by Antonio Catalano the Elder at Lapsi church dates back to 1596

Centuries of the faithful have loved this little chapel ... and a superb painting by an unknown artist in the same town shows that Our Lady is loved here with unique fervor.

A recent restoration has enabled us to better appreciate this outstanding painting

The paintings depict the dream of St Joseph and the flight of the holy family to Egypt

Titular painting is thought to be original of 1567 Our Lady of Victory church, Valletta

The Archbishop’s Curia, formerly known as the Casa della Madonna di Manresa, was originally built by the Jesuits as a retreat house for the undertaking of

The building of the new capital city on Mount Sciberras translated into a period of great economic prosperity for Malta’s inhabitants in the first half of

Pietro Gagliardi (1809-1890) was one of the most skilled Italian artists to have executed work commissioned for Maltese patrons in the late 19th century. Two o

There might be a good argument in conceiving of Mattia Preti as a Maltese artist. He most definitely was not, but consider­ing he spent over half his active