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Luca Giordano

Luca Giordano was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain.

Born in Naples, Giordano was the son of the painter Antonio Giordano. In around 1650 he was apprenticed to Ribera on the recommendation of the viceroy of Naples and his early work was heavily influenced by his teacher. Like Ribera, he painted many half-length figures of philosophers, either imaginary portraits of specific figures, or generic types.

He acquired the nickname Luca fa presto, which translates into "Luca paints quickly." His speed, in design as well as handiwork, and his versatility, which enabled him to imitate other painters deceptively, earned for him two other epithets, "The Thunderbolt" (Fulmine) and "The Proteus" of painting.

Following a period studying in Rome, Parma and Venice, Giordano developed an elaborate Baroque style fusing Venetian and Roman Influences. His mature work combines the ornamental pomp of Paul Veronese with the lively complex schemes, the "grand manner", of Pietro da Cortona. He is also noted for his lively and showy use of colour.

Giordano died in Naples in 1705.

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Judith Displaying the Head of Holofernes

Judith Displaying the Head of Holofernes (1703–4)

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
The Battle of Israel and Amalek

The Battle of Israel and Amalek

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
Portrait of a Boy in a Fur Hat

Portrait of a Boy in a Fur Hat

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
The Descent from the Cross

The Descent from the Cross (Ca. 1659)

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
Fragment of a Composition with a Reclining Semi-Nude Man Surrounded by Soldiers and Other Onlookers in a Landscape

Fragment of a Composition with a Reclining Semi-Nude Man Surrounded by Soldiers and Other Onlookers in a Landscape (1634–1705)

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
The Abduction of the Sabine Women

The Abduction of the Sabine Women (1675-80)

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
The Young Christ Teaching in the Temple

The Young Christ Teaching in the Temple (c. 1653)

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
Flight into Egypt

Flight into Egypt (1690 -1705)

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
Manner of Murillo’s Mary Magdalene

Manner of Murillo’s Mary Magdalene (1696)

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
The Flight into Egypt

The Flight into Egypt

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
The Adoration of the Shepherds

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
Christ among the Doctors

Christ among the Doctors

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
Introduction of Jacob to Isaac

Introduction of Jacob to Isaac

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
Saint Peter healing Saint Agatha

Saint Peter healing Saint Agatha

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
The Drunkenness of Noah

The Drunkenness of Noah

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
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