of Messina, and Lord and Lady Strickland. List of works The proscenium arch of the Teatru Salesjan in Sliema, Malta was decorated in 1910 with the reminiscent oil on stone painting entitled The Virtues of Mankind. The painting is surrounded by rich bas-relief, pre-art deco stucco decorations full of symbolism. Death of Dragut (oil on canvas, 1867), widely considered his best work, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta St Jerome and St Lawrence altarpieces (oil on canvas, 1881), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish Church (Sacro Cuore), Sliema Virgin of the Rosary (his first work), and Prophets, and episodes from the life of Christ in the parish church of Mosta. St. Dominic altarpiece, Basilica of St Dominic, Valletta (Porto Salvo) portraits of the merchant Agostino Cassar Torregiani and of Judge Carbone Tre Rome (1911) Nativity of Jesus Christ, St Andrew's Parish Church, Luqa Saint Dominic, St Andrew's Parish Church, Luqa Saint Michael, St Andrew's Parish Church, Luqa Sacred Heart of Jesus (destroyed during World War II), St Andrew's Parish Church, Luqa Our Lady of the Rosary, St Andrew's Parish Church, Luqa Saint Paul and Saint Catherine V.M., St Andrew's Parish Church, Luqa Apotheosis of St. Francis, St Francis of Assisi Church, Valletta The Sacred Heart of Jesus, Fontana parish church, Fontana, Gozo The Assumption of Mary, Parish Church of the Assumption, Qrendi St. Lawrence Martyr, San Lawrenz parish, Gozo Main apse, minor chapel apse and St. Joseph, St Helen's Basilica, Birkirkara The Four Seasons - four putti in the entrance hall of Villa Alhambra, Sliema Notes Bibliography Dominic Cutajar, "The 19th Cent. Realism of Giuseppe Calì (1846-1930) - an artistic sway that lasted 50 years", in: Giuseppe Calì, edit. Edwin A. Camilleri, pub. Malta 1991 E. Fiorentino, "Maltese art astride two centuries (1860-1921)" in V. Malta Milanes 9ed., The British Colonial Experience 1800-1964, pub, Mireva Publications, Malta 1988, pp. 263-265 R. Bonnici Calì, Giuseppe Calì Centenary Exhibition 1846-1946, published Malta, 1946, p. 18. P. Ilario Dimech OFM, Le Pitture di Giuseppe Calì nelle Chiese dei Frati Minori Conventuali a Malta, pub. Malta, 1940, pp. 27-30 External links Latest info, work, reviews, comments and biography of Maltese Artists Attard, Mary (2009), "Cali-Galizia Gem threatenedWho is able and willing to preserve this piece of Maltese heritage from being lost? asks Mary Attard", The Malta Independent 1846 births 1930 deaths People from Valletta 20th-century Maltese painters 19th-century Maltese painters Maltese