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Luca Giordano
1632-1705
Italian
Luca Giordano Gallery
Charles II of Spain towards 1687 invited him over to Madrid, where he remained for 10 years (1692-1702). In Spain, he produced works for the Royal Palace of Madrid, the Buen Retiro palace, El Escorial, Toledo, and other sites. Giordano was popular at the Spanish court, and the king granted him title as a "caballero". One anecdote of Giordano's speed at painting is that, he was once asked by the Queen of Spain what his wife looked like. On the spot, he painted his wife into the picture before him for the Queen.
In Spain he executed numerous works, continuing in the Escorial the series commenced by Cambiasi, and painting frescoes of the Triumphs of the Church, the Genealogy and Life of the Madonna, the stories of Moses, Gideon, David and the Celebrated Women of Scripture, all works of large dimensions. His Dream of Solomon (1693, now at Prado) dates from this period. His pupils, Aniello Rossi and Matteo Pacelli, assisted him in Spain. In Madrid he worked more in oil-colour, a Nativity there being one of his best productions.
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Painting ID:: 41012
The Forge of Vulcan
mk159
Oil on canvas
transferred from panel
192.5x151.5cm
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Painting ID:: 43101
Perseus Turning Phineas and his followers to stone
mk170
early 1680s
Oil on canvas
285x366cm
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Painting ID:: 55760
The Fall of the Rebel Angels
mk244
Oil on canvas
419x283cm
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Painting ID:: 74362
Medici Riccardi in Florenz
Deutsch: Fresken in der Galerie des Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florenz, Szene: Bekrönung der Fortitudo mit Ehrenkranz
Date 1684-1686
Medium fresco
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Painting ID:: 75256
Victory
Deutsch: Fresken in der Galerie des Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florenz, Szene: Triumph der Medici in den Wolken des Olymp, Detail
Date 1684-1686
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Luca Giordano
1632-1705
Italian
Luca Giordano Gallery
Charles II of Spain towards 1687 invited him over to Madrid, where he remained for 10 years (1692-1702). In Spain, he produced works for the Royal Palace of Madrid, the Buen Retiro palace, El Escorial, Toledo, and other sites. Giordano was popular at the Spanish court, and the king granted him title as a "caballero". One anecdote of Giordano's speed at painting is that, he was once asked by the Queen of Spain what his wife looked like. On the spot, he painted his wife into the picture before him for the Queen.
In Spain he executed numerous works, continuing in the Escorial the series commenced by Cambiasi, and painting frescoes of the Triumphs of the Church, the Genealogy and Life of the Madonna, the stories of Moses, Gideon, David and the Celebrated Women of Scripture, all works of large dimensions. His Dream of Solomon (1693, now at Prado) dates from this period. His pupils, Aniello Rossi and Matteo Pacelli, assisted him in Spain. In Madrid he worked more in oil-colour, a Nativity there being one of his best productions.
. Related Artists to Luca Giordano: | Carel fabritius | James webb | Artist Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli | Henry Herbert La Thangue | Mura, Francesco de |
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