Luca Giordano

Saint Bartholomew, Oil on canvas, 74.7 x 63 cm, second half of 1600s, Luca Giordano, Italian, (1634 – 1705). Acquisition Donated: 2022 by the Friends of the Nationalmuseum. STOCKHOLM.- The painting of Bartholomew the Apostle by the Italian painter Luca Giordano has been donated to Nationalmuseum, the first painting in the collections by this famous Baroque artist from Naples whose final years were spent as painter at the Spanish court. It was generously donated by the Friends of Nationalmuseum.During the second half of... [Lire la suite]

ZURICH.- The Old Master Paintings auction on 26 March features works by an 'all-star' selection of artists, including a powerful painting of St Jerome in the wilderness by Anthony van Dyck (lot 3027, estimate upon request). This small-format work is remarkable for its virtuoso, free-flowing execution. Painted when the young van Dyck was still in Peter Paul Rubens's workshop, the work seems to correspond with one mentioned in the elder artist's estate, and so may have been a part of Rubens's personal collection. Lot... [Lire la suite]

Luca Giordano, Ariane abandonnée (Ariana Abbandonata),1675-1680, 203 x 246 cm, huile sur toile, Musée de Castelvecchio, Vérone, Italie © Verona, Museo di Castelvecchio, Archivio fotografico (foto Umberto Tomba, Verona) PARIS - À partir du 14 novembre, le Petit Palais présente pour la première fois en France une rétrospective consacrée au peintre napolitain Luca Giordano (1634-1705), l’un des artistes les plus brillants du XVIIe siècle européen. L’exposition met en valeur l’exceptionnelle virtuosité de cette gloire du Seicento à... [Lire la suite]

Lot 139. Luca Giordano, dit Fa Presto (Naples 1634-1705), Le philosophe Socrate, huile sur toile, 118 x 101,5 cm. (46 ½ x 40 in.). Estimate EUR 40,000 - EUR 60,000. Price realised EUR 47,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. Note: On connait plusieurs autres versions autographes de cette composition dans l’œuvre de Lucas Giordano. L’une ayant figurée dans l’ancienne collection Amerling, à Vienne, avant 1920 et une seconde provenant de la collection Walter P Chrysler junior et vendu chez... [Lire la suite]

Orazio Gentileschi (1563-1639), The Crowning of Thorns. Oil on canvas, 52cm x 41cm (20 x 16 in.). © Colnaghi 2018  NEW YORK, NY.- Colnaghi will show a rediscovered and previously unpublished painting by Orazio Gentileschi (1563-1639) at a spring exhibition in their newly-opened townhouse space in New York’s Upper East Side. Taking place from 27 January to 3 February 2018 as part of Master Drawings New York 2018, the exhibition will also include a selection of works by notable artists including Pedro de Mena... [Lire la suite]

PADUA.- Nothing was ever the same again after Galileo. Not only in terms of astronomical research and science, but in art as well. With him, the sky became the realm of astronomers rather than astrologists. For the first time ever, the exhibition conceived by Giovanni C.F. Villa for the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo (Padua, Palazzo del Monte di Pietà, 18th November 2017 – 18th March 2018) relates the role of one of the leading characters of the Italian and European myth, outlining his figure in full.... [Lire la suite]

Girolamo Di Benvenuto (1470-Siena-1525), Virgin and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Catherine of Siena, circa 1510-1520. Tempera on panel with gold ground, 82.4 × 64.2 cm © G. Sarti. Provenance: Private collection, Italy Luca Giordano  (1632-Naples-1705), Portrait of Plato, circa 1660. Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 99 cm © G. Sarti. Provenance: Private collection, Germany. Exhibition: Saint Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, "Les formes de la pensée : peintre et philosophe, un récit", 29th june - 11th nov. 2013. G.... [Lire la suite]

Luca Giordano, SAN GENNARO DEVANT L’AMPHITHÉÂTRE DE POZZUOLI, 1675, huile sur toile. H.210 ; L.155 cm. Naples, Église dei Girolamini © Archivio Garofalo, Naples. PARIS - Pour la première fois en dehors d’Italie, le trésor de San Gennaro sera présenté dans une exposition exceptionnelle au Musée Maillol à Paris du19 mars au 20 juillet 2014.  C’est une des plus grandes collections de joaillerie du monde, comparable aux Joyaux de la Couronne de France ou d’Angleterre, mais qui n’appartient ni aux... [Lire la suite]

Luca Giordano (Naples 1634 - 1705), Samson chasse les Philistins. hoto Lafon Castandet Toile; 180 x 126 cm.. Important cadre d'époque, sculpté et doré. Lot 42. Estimation : 40 000 / 60 000 € Provenance : - Collection San Felice, Naples- Collection des Princes de Seclj de Galatina, Pouilles- Collection privée, MilanBibliographie : - Vincenzo Pacelli, Luca Giordano. Inediti e considerazioni, in “Studi di Storia dell'Arte”, n° 17, 1991, pp. 95- 130, fig. 15.- Archivio fotografico... [Lire la suite]

Attributed to Luca Giordano, called Fa Presto (Naples 1634 - 1705), Saint Sebastian. Photo Sotheby's Oil on canvas; 125.5 by 97.5cm.; 49¼ by 38¼ in. Estimate 12,000—18,000 GBP. Lot Sold 13,750 GBP NOTE: Another version of the composition is in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Lucca (see O. Ferrari and G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano, L'opera completa, Naples 1992, vol. I, p. 252, cat. no. A12, reproduced vol. II, p. 451, fig. 70). Sotheby's. Old Master & Early British Paintings. 14 Apr 11. London www.sothebys.com