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Luca Giordano was a Neapolitan painter with various nicknames and as many talents. That's how he was called during his lifetime Luca Fa Presto, which could be translated quickly as Luca mach. Some believe that it was an allusion to his speed of painting. For Giordano is said to have needed less than two days for a large altarpiece. Another theory says that Giordano's father, who was also a painter, had his son make copies of other artists' works at a young age. In order to spur the son on, he is said to have repeatedly called Luca Mach schneller to him. Another nickname of Giordano was Proteus. He was given this name because of his ability to imitate the style of almost every artist to perfection. Accordingly, his range of subjects was enormously varied. However, the majority of his work consisted of frescoes and oil paintings dealing with religious or mythological motifs.
Around 1650 Giordano apprenticed with Jusepe de Ribera, whose style is evident in his early works. After Ribera's death Giordano sought new inspiration, so he went to Rome and Venice. His later works show both Venetian influences, as known from Paolo Veronese, and influences from Pietro da Cortonas Roman style. In the following years Giordano travelled repeatedly between his hometown Naples, Venice and also accepted some commissions in Florence and other northern Italian regions. Around 1692 Giordano went to Spain at the invitation of King Charles II, who later awarded him the title of Caballero. During this time he painted, in addition to various frescoes, many paintings that can still be seen today in Spanish museums such as the Museo del Prado. Among them is the painting "Rubens paints an allegory of peace". After the death of the king in 1702, Giordano returned to Naples and spent the last years of his life there.
During these last years in Naples Giordano's style changed significantly. His paintings became lighter, which art critics understood as an anticipation of the rococo style that followed the late baroque. These works influenced artists like Jean Honore Fragonard well into the 18th century. Among his students were Paolo di Matteis, Nicola Malinconico and Matteo Pacelli. Because Giordano travelled a lot during his career and his work was so versatile, he influenced not only his own students but also artists like Giovan Battista Langetti, Fillipo Gherardi, Pedro de Calabria, Juan Antonio Boujas and many more. Giordano was married and had at least 10 children. His popularity and his eagerness to work had provided him with sufficient financial means to give his children a good education and his daughters a handsome dowry.
Luca Giordano was a Neapolitan painter with various nicknames and as many talents. That's how he was called during his lifetime Luca Fa Presto, which could be translated quickly as Luca mach. Some believe that it was an allusion to his speed of painting. For Giordano is said to have needed less than two days for a large altarpiece. Another theory says that Giordano's father, who was also a painter, had his son make copies of other artists' works at a young age. In order to spur the son on, he is said to have repeatedly called Luca Mach schneller to him. Another nickname of Giordano was Proteus. He was given this name because of his ability to imitate the style of almost every artist to perfection. Accordingly, his range of subjects was enormously varied. However, the majority of his work consisted of frescoes and oil paintings dealing with religious or mythological motifs.
Around 1650 Giordano apprenticed with Jusepe de Ribera, whose style is evident in his early works. After Ribera's death Giordano sought new inspiration, so he went to Rome and Venice. His later works show both Venetian influences, as known from Paolo Veronese, and influences from Pietro da Cortonas Roman style. In the following years Giordano travelled repeatedly between his hometown Naples, Venice and also accepted some commissions in Florence and other northern Italian regions. Around 1692 Giordano went to Spain at the invitation of King Charles II, who later awarded him the title of Caballero. During this time he painted, in addition to various frescoes, many paintings that can still be seen today in Spanish museums such as the Museo del Prado. Among them is the painting "Rubens paints an allegory of peace". After the death of the king in 1702, Giordano returned to Naples and spent the last years of his life there.
During these last years in Naples Giordano's style changed significantly. His paintings became lighter, which art critics understood as an anticipation of the rococo style that followed the late baroque. These works influenced artists like Jean Honore Fragonard well into the 18th century. Among his students were Paolo di Matteis, Nicola Malinconico and Matteo Pacelli. Because Giordano travelled a lot during his career and his work was so versatile, he influenced not only his own students but also artists like Giovan Battista Langetti, Fillipo Gherardi, Pedro de Calabria, Juan Antonio Boujas and many more. Giordano was married and had at least 10 children. His popularity and his eagerness to work had provided him with sufficient financial means to give his children a good education and his daughters a handsome dowry.
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.jpg "Saint Michael the Archangel by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Archangel Michael defeats the rebel angels, 1657 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Immaculate Conception by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Aeneas Defeats Turnus by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "St Sebastian by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Finding of Moses by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Rape of Helen by Luca Giordano")
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_Le_viol_de_Lucrece_(Lucrezia_Lucretia_dame_romaine)_vi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1419129).jpg "The Rape of Lucretia by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Abduction of Proserpina, ca 1689 by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1103727).jpg "Figure of Aeneas (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1117431).jpg "Aeneas Defeats Turnus by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Sleeping Venus, Amor and Satyr by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Return of Persephone by Luca Giordano")
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_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1422622).jpg "St Michael defeats demon by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Annunciation, 1672 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Apollo and Marsyas, c. 1660 by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1045071).jpg "The Dream of King Solomon by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Justice (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Archangel Michael Overthrows the Rebel Angel by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Tarquinius and Lucretia by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus on Naxos by Luca Giordano")
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_Detail_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110234).jpg "Apotheosis of Medici Family (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Rape of Proserpina (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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_Oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-941627).jpg "Apollo and Daphne by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Magdalen washing Christ")
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.jpg "Perseus Beheading Medusa by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Temptation of St Benedict by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Christ Driving the Merchants from the Temple by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Annunciation by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1427422).jpg "The Judgment of Paris (second half 17th century) by Luca Giordano")
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_ca_1696_Oil_on_can_-_(MeisterDrucke-959790).jpg "The Dream of St. Joseph by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Celestial Glory and the Triumph of the Habsburgs, from the ceiling above the grand staircase by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Perseus Turning Phineas and His Followers to Stone, Early 1680s by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Death of Seneca by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Abduction of Sabines by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Dream of Solomon, c.1693 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Our Lady of the Rosary by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-950084).jpg "Neptune (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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_Painting_by_Luca_Giordano_(1634-1705)_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-988787).jpg "Plato (424-348 BC). Painting by Luca Giordano (1634-1705) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Christ in Glory by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1452955).jpg "The Dream Of St. Joseph, c.1700 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Lucretia and Tarquin by Luca Giordano")
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_oil_on_canvas_254x310_cm_-_(MeisterDrucke-1108024).jpg "The Rape of Helen, by Luca Giordano by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Prometheus by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Apollo and Marsyas by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Rape of Europa by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Resurrection of the Dead by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1427564).jpg "Aeneas made immortal by Venus by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Bacchus and Ariadne by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Diana and Endymion by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Portrait of Charles II of Spain by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, c.1660 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Song of Miriam the Prophetess by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Hunt of Diana by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Agony in the Garden by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110236).jpg "Figure of Charon (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Allegory of Prudence by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Toilet of Bathsheba by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Descent from the Cross by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Prudence (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Death of Adonis (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Bacchus and Ariadne, 1677 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Entombment of Christ by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Good Samaritan by Luca Giordano")
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_oil_on_c_-_(MeisterDrucke-1119950).jpg "Xanthippe pouring water onto Socrates")
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.jpg "Allegory of Temperance by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Death of Cleopatra by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Diana and Endymion by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "St. Mary Magdalene Renouncing the Vanities of the World, c.1696 by Luca Giordano")
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_oil_on_canvas_4_-_(MeisterDrucke-1109960).jpg "St Francis Xavier baptizing Indians by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Allegory of the Fortress by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Abduction of the Sabine Women, 1675-80 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Self Portrait, c.1665 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Battle between the Israelites and the Amalekites, Aaron and Hur supporting Moses")
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.jpg "Expulsion from Paradise by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1092593).jpg "Judgement of Solomon by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Cain Slaying Abel by Paolo de Matteis")
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.jpg "View of the loggia with ceiling fresco depicting the Apotheosis of the Second Medici Dynasty by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Minerva as the Patroness of Arts and Sciences by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Vulcan")
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.jpg "Parting Red Sea by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Martyrdom of St Lucy by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Saint Januarius Interceding to the Virgin Mary, Christ and God the Father for Victims of the Plague by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Rubens painting the Allegory of Peace by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1423466).jpg "The Triumph of Judith by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Adam and Eve Lamenting over the Body of Abel by Paolo de Matteis")
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.jpg "Job and His Comforters by Luca Giordano")
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_Peinture_de_Luca_Giordano_(1632-1705)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1314414).jpg "The Forge of Vulcan by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Allegory of Magnanimity by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Frescoes in the Gallery of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Diana and Endymion by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Tarquinius and Lucretia by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Perseus turning Phineas and his Followers to Stone by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Marriage at Cana by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Nativity by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Isaac Blessing Jacob by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Entombment of Christ by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple by Luca Giordano")
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