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MAURIZIO VITELLA

I Santi e la peste: Santa Rosalia e San Nicasio nei dipinti di Mattia Preti

Abstract

The essay studies the iconography of two Sicilian saints, Santa Rosalia and San Nicasio, Jerusalem knight, in the paintings of the Calabrian painter Mattia Preti (1613-1699) between Naples and the island of Malta, tracing a historical picture made up of plague epidemics, religious feelings, devotion popular, pious clients, artistic innovations and intense cultural circulation.