Nuovi dipinti e alcuni spunti per Matteo Ponzone

Abstract

The article enriches the cataloque of the works of Matteo Ponzone (Venezia, 1583-after 1663) in Dalmatia. In the parish church in Nerežišc´a on the island Bracˇ is preserved Ponzone’s altarpiece depicting Our Lady of Carmel with St John the Baptist and St Peter painted in the fourth decade of the 17th century when the artist lived in Split. From that period dated two altarpieces newly discovered in the church of St Nicola (Virgin with Child and St Nicola) and in Monastery of St Claire (Immaculata with St Andrea and John the Evangelist) in Split, and St Michele with St John the Baptist and st Benedict from the benedictine church of St Michele in nearby Trogir. Acording to the inscription on the tomb in front of altar it is possible to suppose that pala portante St Joseph, St Dominic and donor in the church of St Lazar in Trogir was ordered around 1653 by naval captain Jerolim Dragozetovic´.