Talk on Mattia Preti
Keith Sciberras, head of the Art and Art History Department at the University and an expert researcher in baroque painting, will on Saturday present new insights about Mattia Preti at Il-Ħaġar Museum in Victoria. The Italian 17th-century artist left many important works across the Maltese islands, including those adorning the ceiling of St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta. A set of four ovals by the Preti bottega are among the range of permanent exhibits at the Gozitan cultural centre. The occasion will also serve to launch Sciberras’s latest publication, Mattia Preti: Life and Works. Th...
Source: timesofmalta.com