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Matteo Giovannetti, the painter and his work: an assessment in the light of recent restorations
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 54–61
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Author:
Vingtain, Dominique (Vingtain, Dominique)
Subjects
artists:
Giovannetti, Matteo
buildings:
Palais des Papes, Avignon, France / Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France
dates:
1300-1399
patrons:
Clement VI, Pope (1291-1352) / Urban V, Pope, 1310–1370
places:
Avignon
subjects:
French art / Italian art / Frescoes / Restoration (process) / Popes / Martial, Saint / Conservation / Commissions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. St Martial, detail of a fresco by Matteo Giovannetti before and after restoration. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene D, vault, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; Consortio Arké).
Attributed works:
4. Vault of the chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. (Photograph Domenico Venturi).
Attributed works:
5. Vault of the chapel of St John, Papal Palace, Avignon, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1346–48. (Photograph Domenico Venturi).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of The beheading of John the Baptist, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1355. Fresco. (Chapel of St John, Chartreuse, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon; Bildarchiv Monheim GmbH; Alamy Stock Photo).
Attributed works:
7. Details of the face of St Martial at different stages of his life as depicted in the Papal Palace, Avignon. (© Dominique Vingtain; photographs Domenico Ventura).
Western art unattributed:
1. Section of the Tower of the Pope and Garderobe Tower, Papal Palace, Avignon.
Western art unattributed:
3. Ground plan of the Papal Palace, Avignon.