He was born in Piano Vetrale, a hamlet of Orria, in the current Province of Salerno, and died in Naples.

In Genoa, he painted an Immaculate Conception with St. Jerome Appearing to St. Sevrio.

Between 1723 and 1725, de' Matteis lived in Rome, where he received a commission from Pope Innocent XIII.

Others who were his pupils were Giuseppe Mastroleo, Giovanni Pandozzi,[1] Michelangelo Buonocore, Domenico Guarino, Antonio Fumo and Nicola de Filippis.

[2] Media related to Paolo de Matteis at Wikimedia Commons