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Christ carrying the cross, c.1697, is a genuine product of Giordano’s stay in Spain, where he adopted models from the paintings of Sebastiano del Piombo and Titian.
painting by Luca Giordano (Museum: Museo del Prado)
Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples, Rome, Florence, and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain.
The Patron Saints of Naples Adoring Christ on the Cross is a 1660–1661 oil painting by the Italian Baroque artist Luca Giordano, now in the National Museum of Capodimonte in Naples. In the bottom left are the saints Baculus, Euphebius, Francis Borgia, Aspren and Candida, whilst in the top left is God the Father.
The artwork, which decorated the main altar of the Church of Santa Maria del Pianto, depicts Christ’s descent from the cross. In the foreground, Giordano portrays Mary, St. John, and Mary Magdalene in pain.
Jun 29, 2024 · The transcendent and metaphysical nature of Jesus’ appearance on Mount Tabor is a perfect subject for the increasingly baroque tone that characterised Giordano’s work from the period of his Florentine frescoes, through to his departure for Spain (1682-1692).
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Luca Giordano Allegorical Figures Holding the Papal Insignia, study after the Allegory of Divine Providence in Palazzo Barberini in Rome, c. 1650 Saint John the Baptist Preaching, n.d.
