Matteo Loves
Illustration — Portrait of Duchessa Maria Caterina Farnese, Museo di Arte e Storia of Geneva Matteo Loves was a painter active in Cento from about 1625 to 1662. Few biographical details are known. It is said he was born in Cologne to an English family, and arrived as a young man in Cento, where he trained with Guercino.
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Matteo Loves
Matteo Loves · https: collections.geneve.ch/mah/oeuvre/portrait-de-marie-farnese-epouse-du-duc-francois-1er-deste-1615-1646/cr-0011 · Public domain
- Born
- Matteo Loves was born on 1 January 1600. · Cologne.
- Died
- Matteo Loves died on 1 January 1633.
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- painter
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- Italian
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Illustration — Portrait of Duchessa Maria Caterina Farnese, Museo di Arte e Storia of Geneva Matteo Loves was a painter active in Cento from about 1625 to 1662. Few biographical details are known. It is said he was born in Cologne to an English family, and arrived as a young man in Cento, where he trained with Guercino.
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Works by Loves can be found in the Pinacoteca of Cento and in the church of San Rocco e San Sebastiano.
The recorded working language is Italian. Work by Matteo Loves is recorded in the collections of Pinacoteca Civica "il Guercino".
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