Mattia Benedetti was an Italian painter. He was born in

Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia (; ), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until Unification of Italy, 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 172,51 ...

, and a pupil of Orazio Talami. He active as a fresco painter, active in painting

quadratura Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective di sotto in sù and quadratura, is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which ''trompe-l'œil'', perspective tools such as foreshortening, and other ...

. He painted the ceiling (1701) of the church of Sant' Antonio at

Brescia Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Iseo, Iseo. With a population of 199,949, it is the se ...

. In Reggio-Emilia he painted the ceiling of the Capella maggiore of the Monache Bianchi, and the ceiling of the Oratory of the San Filippo Neri. His brother Ludovico or Lodovico was known for painting chiaroscuro and also perspective. Lodovico painted in the church of San Spiridone in Reggio-Emilia, as well as other churches.

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* Artists from Reggio Emilia 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Fresco painters Quadratura painters Painters from Modena 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub