Chronology of Malta Art (original) (raw)

This study first published in 1983, had been intended to serve as an introduction for a seventeenth and eighteenth century Marian art held at the Cathedral museum, Mdina, between the 8 and 22 September 1983. The contribution had aimed to establish the correct chronology of Maltese art of those centuries on a solid and documented basis, and has since usefully served as such. The main challenge has been to establish the dating of the Maltese artists involved upon contemporary documentation; hence the relevance of the frequent reference manuscript material of the time.