Matteo Ponzone
The Life and Legacy of Matteo Ponzone Matteo Ponzone was a Venetian painter of the Baroque period who was active between 1630 and 1700. Born in Venice, he was a student of Jacopo Palma the Younger and was related to Sante Peranda, who likely served as one of his teachers. During his career, Ponzone was a member of the Fraglia dei Pittori of Venice from 1613 to 1633. His professional life included an interim period of ten years spent in Dalmatia, where he left works in various locations along the coast. In his workshop, he trained several pupils, including Antonio Zanchi, Andrea Celesti, Piet…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Matteo Ponzone's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.