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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Luca Giordano The Marriage of the Virgin (mk05) oil


The Marriage of the Virgin (mk05)
Painting ID::  20582 		The Marriage of the Virgin (mk05)
Canvas,45 1/2 x 53 1/2''(116 x 136 cm)Bequest of Dr Louis La Caze 1869 M I 868
   
   
     
Luca Giordano The Fall of the Rebel Angels (mk08) oil


The Fall of the Rebel Angels (mk08)
Painting ID::  21552 		The Fall of the Rebel Angels (mk08)
1666 Oil on canvas, 419x283cm Vienna,Kunsthistorisches Museum
   
   
     
Luca Giordano The Dream of Solomon (nn03) oil


The Dream of Solomon (nn03)
Painting ID::  23301 		The Dream of Solomon (nn03)
c 1693 Oil on canvas 245 x 361 cm 96 1/2 x 142 in Museo del Prado Madrid
   
   
     
Luca Giordano Solomon's Dream oil


Solomon's Dream
Painting ID::  28070 		Solomon's Dream
mk61 c.1694 Oil on canvas 245x361cm
mk61 c.1694 Oil_on_canvas 245x361cm
   
   
     
Luca Giordano The Forge of Vulcan oil


The Forge of Vulcan
Painting ID::  34285 		The Forge of Vulcan
mk91 Oil on canvas transferred from a panel 192.5x151.5
   
   
     
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     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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