Shortly after the War of Austrian Succession (1701-1714) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_de_Matteis" class="extiw" title="w:Paolo de Matteis">Paolo de Matteis</a> worked for Naples new Austrian rulers. This painting is just a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozzetto" class="extiw" title="w:Bozzetto">Bozzetto</a> of a larger work, that has not survived. It shows a self-portrait of de Matteis with an allegory of the Peace of Utrecht. Only a small fragment of this work survived an is now located in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_di_Capodimonte" class="extiw" title="w:Museo di Capodimonte">Museo di Capodimonte</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://magnagrece.blogspot.de/2011/02/titan-of-south-paolo-de-matteis.html">[1]</a>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Paolo_de_Matteis" class="extiw" title="w:en:Paolo de Matteis"><span title="Italian painter (1662-1728)">Paolo de Matteis</span></a>
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1714/18
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