Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17685/Peristil.59.3
Recent Additions to the Dalmatian Oeuvre of Matteo Ponzone
Radoslav Tomić
; Institute of Art History
Abstract
As a result of several years’ research, the author identifies new works by the Venetian painter Matteo Ponzone (Pončun), who in the 1630s moved to Split where his brother Sforza Ponzone served as archbishop. The latter commissioned a tomb for himself, his mother and brother in the presbytery of the cathedral of St Domnius, for which the painter was commissioned to produce a series of paintings with scenes from the life of St Domnius. The author presents several Ponzone’s altarpieces painted for Dalmatian patrons, preserved in churches on the island of Brač (Nerežišća, parish church), Split (church of St Nicholas/Mikula in Veli Varoš; now church of the Holy Cross, convent of St Claire), Trogir (church of St Peter, formerly church of St Michael) and on the island of Čiovo (church of St Lazarus/St Joseph), and analyses Ponzone’s style with special emphasis on his Venetian formation. However, as an intelligent and modern painter, Ponzone looked into the work of other artists such as Federico Barocci (1535 – 1612), whose influence is discernible in Ponzone’s interpretation of the figure of St Francis of Assisi (Šibenik, church of St Francis).
Keywords
Matteo Ponzone; painting; 17th century; Dalmatia; Venice
Hrčak ID:
178595
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Publication date:
1.3.2017.
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