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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:: 75330
Venus Cupid and Mars
Date 1663(1663)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 152x129 cm
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Painting ID:: 76820
Portrait of Maria Anna of Neuburg
Date 1693-1694
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81 ?? 61 cm (31.9 ?? 24 in)
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Painting ID:: 79087
La mort de Lucrece
1660(1660)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 224 x 281 cm (88.2 x 110.6 in)
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Painting ID:: 79719
La mort de Lucrece
1660(1660)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 224 x 281 cm (88.2 x 110.6 in)
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Painting ID:: 81847
Self portrait
1692(1692)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 63 x 49 cm (24.8 x 19.3 in)
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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: | Jacek Malczewski | Charles Lebrun | Adriaen van de Velde | Antonio Bellucci | Guillaume Voiriot |
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