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Johannes De Matta, also known as Juan de Matta[1] (15th century – 16th century) was a Spanish painter.[1][2]
He was born in Valencia. Few and fragmentary biographical details are known about his professional training, which included a stay in Naples at the beginning of the 16th century.[3]
He was primarily active in the areas surrounding modern-day Madonie.[4][5] De Matta resided in Polizzi Generosa,[4][2] where he also ran his workshop. The artist is documented to have also visited Palermo in the period between 1536 and 1537.[2]
1535, Sant'Eligio, painting in the chapter house of the Nicosia Cathedral.
Palermo and its province
Caltavuturo
16th century, Adorazione dei Magi, painting in the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.[3]
Cefalù
16th century, Ultima Cena, painting in the collection of the Mandralisca Museum.
1530–1539, Giudizio Universale,[4] oil on panel (altarpiece) transferred to canvas showing Christ between the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist, below the souls of the "elect", the painting used to be part of the collection of lawyer Cirincione, and was given on permanent deposit to the Mandralisca Museum in Cefalù.
Polizzi Generosa
Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption:
1521, Andata al Calvario, an imitation of Spasimo di Sicilia, a painting produced around the time of the arrival of Raffaello Sanzio's painting in Palermo.[3]
1541, Madonna del Carmine, oil on canvas, can be found in chiesa del Carmine.
16th century, San Gandolfo e storie della sua vita, triptych,[7] Church of the College of Mary, formerly the Church of San Gandolfo La Povera.[8]
Pollina
16th century, Santi Giovanni e Paolo, diptych in the cathedral of Saints John and Paul.[3]
Others
1536, processional banner painted by the artist depicting the Annunciation, the resurrection of Christ, the Transfiguration, the Apostles, St Michael the Archangel, St John the Evangelist, was originally commissioned by the Brotherhood of St John the Evangelist.[1]
Pagina 87, Gabriele Marino, Giuseppe Fazio, Marco Failla, "Arte e storia delle Madonie. Studi per Nico Marino" , Volume III, Cefalù, 2015, ISBN 978-1-326-44081-7.
Pagina 79, Nadia Francaviglia, "Intervento in situ e manutenzione programmata: Il gonfalone processionale di Palazzo Abatellis" , Nardini Editore, 2013, ISBN 9788840404073.
Teresa Viscuso (1999). "Matta. Me. Pïxît: la congiuntura Flandro - Iberica e la cultura figurativa nell'entroterra madonita" in "Vincenzo degli Azani da Pavia e la cultura figurativa in Sicilia nell'età di Carlo V" (in Italian). Siracusa: Ediprint.