Mattia Batini was born in Città di Castello. He trained under Pietro Montanini, who seems to have spent time in Città di Castello in 1675. He was first documented in Perugia in 1700, when he was in the service of the Marchese Giulio Bufalini in Rocca Paolina. He was documented again later in that year, when he received payment work in the Oratorio di Sant’ Agostino (below). He received citizenship of Perugia in 1723 and was buried in San Fiorenzo in 1727.
Perugia
Panels (1700)
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✴St Philip (illustrated here);
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✴St James; and
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✴St Augustine.
Panels (ca. 1700) of SS Sebastian and Roch to the sides of the window are attributed to him.
Work in San Domenico (18th century)
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✴Pope Pius V and the Miracle of the Crucifix, in Cappella di San Pio V (illustrated here); and
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✴ Ecstasy of St Thomas Aquinas, on the altar of the Cappella degli Angeli.
SS Andronicus and Athanasia (18th century)
King Louis XI greets St Francis of Paola (18th century)
Work in Santa Caterina (18th century)
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✴frescoes (1718) of scenes from the life of St Catherine of Alexandria (1718) in the vaults; and
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✴an altarpiece of the Immaculate Virgin on the 2nd altar on the right (illustrated here).
Martyrdom of St Herculanus (18th century)
Città di Castello
Scenes from the Life of St Barbara (1684)
These frescoes by Mattia Batini are in the vaults of the Oratorio di Santa Barbara.
Read more:
M. Bravi, “La Ricezione dell’ Arte del Settecento in Umbria: Mattia Batini”, Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia dell’Università degli Studi di Perugia (2008) pp 5-46
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