Malta 2 Valletta National Museum of Fine Arts2

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Malta
An hour _at_ the museum
The National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
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Located in the sumptuous Admiralty House, a
former residence of the Commander in chief of the
British Mediterranean Fleet, the museum hosts
some of the most significant works by Mattia
Preti, not to mention works by Turner, Guido Reni
and Ribera and the best of Maltese artistic
output from the 15th century to the present day.
The building served originally as residence to
successive knights of the Order of St John. It
was later rebuilt during the 1760s by Fra Ramon
de Sousa y Silva. During the early 19th century,
the palace was home to Louis-Charles of Orleans,
Comte de Beaujolais during his brief stay on the
island followed shortly by his demise
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Domenico Tintoretto (1518-1594) Portrait of Man
in Armour
Pedro Nunez de Villavicencio (1640-1695) Portrait
of Bali Soler
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The largest collection of works by the renowned
Southern Italian artist Mattia Preti (1613-1699)
on display in any public museum
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) - The Sermon of St John
the Baptist (self-portrait) in the church of San
Domenico in Taverna
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) Young St John the
Baptist wearing the Habit of the Order
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) Drunkenness of Noah
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) Baptism of Christ
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Lot and his Daughters
Mattia Preti (1613-1699) St Bartholomew
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) Denial of Saint Peter
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) The Ethernal Father
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) Portrait of St. Augustine
St Zacharias
St Paul the Hermit
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) Martyrdom of Saint
Catherine of Alexandria
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) Martyrdom of Saint
Catherine of Alexandria
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) The martyrdom of Saint
Catherine of Alexandria (the church of Santa
Caterina dItalia, in Valletta)
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Preti has numerous altar pieces and other
paintings in many of Malta and Gozo's oldest
churches
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Preti has numerous altar pieces and other
paintings in many of Malta and Gozo's oldest
churches
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) Having been made a
Knight of Grace in the Order of St John, he
visited the orders headquarters in Malta in 1659
and spent most of the remainder of his life there.
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) Doubting of Saint Thomas
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Mattia Preti (1613-1699) Christ on the Cross
Mattia Preti (1613-1699) Christ at the Pillar
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Giuseppe Ribera (1591-1652) St Francis of Paola
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Pietro Francesco Papaleo (c.1642-1718) Saint Luke
17th century Neapolitan School St John the
Baptist
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17th century Flemish school Portrait of a man
Venetian school 16 century
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Melchiorre Gafa (1636-1667) Bozzettto for St
Thomas of Villanova (Church of S. Agostino,
Rome)
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17th century Unknown Northern European Artist
Heraclitus
Francesco Beccaruzzi (c.1492-1562) Portrait of
a man
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Unknown Venetian artist 17th century Adam and Eva
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Guido Reni (1575-1642) Christ Embracing the Cross
17th century Bolognese artist Christ on the cross
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Giovanni Baglione (1573-1644) Martyrdom of St
Agatha Saint Agatha of Sicily (born 231 AD -
died 251 AD) is a Christian saint and virgin
martyress. Her memorial is on 5 February. Agatha
was born at Catania, Sicily, and she was martyred
in approximately 251. She is one of seven women,
who along with the Blessed Virgin Mary, are
commemorated by name in the Canon of the
Mass. She is the patron saint of Catania, Molise,
Malta, San Marino and Zamarramala, a municipality
of the Province of Segovia in Spain. She is also
the patron saint of breast cancer patients,
martyrs, wet nurses, bell-founders, earthquakes,
fire, bakers and eruptions of Mount Etna
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Giovanni Baglione (1573-1644) Martyrdom of St
Agatha
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Andrea Vaccaro (1598-1670) Beheading of St John
the Baptist
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National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
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Jacopo Bassano (1510 1592) St Jerome
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Giuseppe d'Arena (c. 1633-1719) Roman Charity
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Giovanni de Rosa known as Pacecco de Rosa
(1607-1656) St John the Baptist
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Circle of Francesco Noletti also known as Il
Maltese (c.1611-1654) Still life
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Antonello Gagini (1478-1536)
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Stefano Erardi (1630-1716) Portrait of an
Ecclesiastic
Bernardo Licino (c.1489-1565) Portrait of a
musician
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16th century Unknown Spanish Artist A female
Saint
Bernardo Strozzi (1581-1644) Portrait of a Lady
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Giovanni Balducci (c.1560-1609) St John the
Baptist Preching in the Wilderness
16th century North Italian School Christ bearing
the Cross
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Maltese artist 17th century Exterior view of St
John's Cathedral, Valletta
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Theodor Van Thulden (1606-1669) Allegory of the
city of Antwerp
Balthasar Van Beschey (1708-1776) The Studio
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Balthasar Van Beschey (1708-1776) The
Money-Changer's Study
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Balthasar Van Beschey (1708-1776) The
Money-Changer's Study
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Santi di Tito (1536-1602) Portrait of a Child
Early 16th century Unknown Artist The Assumption
of the Virgin
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Stefano Erardi (1630-1716) Mater Dolorosa
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Stefano Erardi (1630-1716) Christ Child
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Pierre Mignard (1612-1695) The Knight of Malta
Jean Jaques II Cordon d'Evieu
Stefano Erardi (1630-1716) Santa Rosalia
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Text Internet Pictures Sanda Foisoreanu
Internet All copyrights belong to
their respective owners Presentation Sanda
Foisoreanu
2014
Sound Radu Lupu - Edvard Grieg - Piano
Concerto in A minor, Op. 16.movIII