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The basics
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Italian painter
A.K.A.
Matthew Loves, Matteo Lawes, Matthew Lauwes, Lauwes Matthew, Matthew Lawes, Matteo Lauwes
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Male
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Birth:
1600(Cologne, Cologne Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
The details
Biography
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. Works by Loves can be found in the Pinacoteca of Cento and in the church of San Rocco e San Sebastiano.