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Art in Malta
Discoveries & Recoveries
Giovanni Bonello
New insights into Malta's artistic treasures have been dug up by one of Malta's eminent art historians and presented in this publication.
The book contains 34 articles on subjects that delve into different branches of art, sculpture and architecture. The author offers a mixture of new material and information which he has already published. The articles vary from studies on the artwork of the coins of Simon Provost, an attribution to Antonio Lazi for the magnificent wooden lectern of St John's Co-Cathedral, the last days of Mederico Blondel, Mattia Preti and many more. Through Bonello's publication several lacunae have been filled, thus contributing to a clearer picture of Malta's multi-faceted history.
CONTENTS
The Malta ‘Botticelli’ Mystery Solved
The True Identity of the Oldest ‘St Joseph’ in Malta
The Palace ‘Neptune - A Portrait of Andrea Doria by Leone Leoni
The Sculptor Simon Provost in Malta - New Attributions
Simon Provost - A Sequel
The Old Auberge de Castille, 1573
Antonino Lazi from Piacenza, Sculptor at St John’s
The Vanished Piazzas of Valletta
Girolamo Cassar’s Sons - Vittorio and Gabriele
The Last Day of Mederico Blondel, Architect
Mattia Preti - His Houses in Malta
Mattia Preti - Painting for a Murderer and Other Stories
Mattia Preti - An Unknown Biography?
Engravings by and after, Mattia Preti
Mattia Preti - The Exhumation of His Remains
François Bachelieu - A French Architect who lived in Malta
The Melancholy Death of Romano Carapecchia, Architect - A New Attribution
Pietro Paolo Troisi - The Quest for a Gifted Sculptor
Andrea Belli - New Contributions
Andrea Belli - A Sequel
Grand Master Pinto’s Majolica Factory, 1742
Antoine Favray, The Man
Art and Symbols in St John’s Tombstones
Attributions to Lorenzo Gafa’ and the Cachias
Charles Allingham - “A Distinguished Artist” who Settled in Malta
Charles Allingham - A Sequel
Owen Stanley - A Celebrated Explorer and Amateur Artist in Malta, 1831
The Maltese Adventure of George French Angas
Girolamo Gianni, The Narrative Painter
5,000 Years of Architecture in Malta
Giuseppe Calleja - An Intelligent, Ill-Fated Artist
Malta in the Caricature of the Napoleonic Era
Schranz - Three Generations of Art
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