Paolo De Matteis (1662-1728)

• Was an Italian painter.
• He was born in Piano Vetrale, a hamlet of Orria, in the current Province of Salerno.
• He trained with Francesco di Maria in Naples, then with Luca Giordano.
• He served in the employ of the Spanish Viceroy of Naples.
• From 1702 to 1705, de' Matteis worked in Paris, Calabria, and Genoa.
• Returning to Naples, he painted decorative schemes for Neapolitan churches, including the vault of the chapel of San Ignatius in the church of Gesù Nuovo in Naples.
• Between 1723–1725, de' Matteis lived in Rome, where he received a commission from Pope Innocent XIII.
• He had as pupils Ignacio de Oliveira, Bernardes Peresi, and members of the Sarnelli family including Francesco, Gennaro, Giovanni, and Antonio Sarnelli.
• Others who were his pupils were Giuseppe Mastroleo, Giovanni Pandozzi, and Nicolas de Filippis.
• He died in Naples.
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