An international celebrity in his own time, Luca Giordano
(1634–1705) is one of the greatest painters of the Baroque era. Born
in Naples in 1634, Giordano studied under the Spanish painter Jusepe de
Ribera, who was active in Naples. Giordano’s ability to assimilate
influences as diverse as those of Veronese, Rubens, Pietro da Cortona,
and Velazquez resulted in the elaboration of a unique style. Active
in Naples, Florence, Rome, Venice, and Spain, where he spent many years
toward the end of his life, Giordano achieved universal fame. Unlike
many other artists of his time, Giordano did not fall into oblivion
after his death: his work remained admired and studied throughout the
18th and 19th centuries, and it was widely collected—particularly in the
United States—in the 20th century.
This exhibition is the first major retrospective devoted to the
artist. Organized by the museums of Naples, Vienna, and Los Angeles, it
includes over 80 paintings that illustrate the artist’s
development and document the major commissions that punctuate his
career, notably those at the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence and the
Escorial, near Madrid.
Loans to the exhibition have been granted by museums and
private collectors from Italy, Germany, Austria, France, the United
States, Canada, England, and Spain. Particularly well represented are
important paintings from the Museo del Prado and the Patrimonio Nacional,
rarely seen outside of Spain.
Curator : J. Patrice
Marandel, curator, European Painting and Sculpture, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art.
Credits: This
exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the
Soprintendenza per i Beni Artistici e Storici di Napoli, and the
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. The exhibition was supported in part
by the Italian Ministero degli Affari Esteri and the Istituto Italiano
di Cultura di Los Angeles.
In-kind support is provided by K-MOZART 105.1
FM, the
official classical radio station of the Los Angeles County Museum of
Art, and The Korea Times Los Angeles.
Image credits, left to right, top to bottom:
St.
John the Baptist Preaching
c. 1685
Oil on copper
25 x 31 in.
LACMA. Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Josephine Bay Paul, Bertram
M. Newhouse, Mrs. Walter Harrison Fisher, Marion Davies, Paul Rodman
Mabury, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Morgan, and Mrs. Arnold K. Fitger
Rape of Europa
c. 1686
Oil on canvas
69 1/4 x 90 1/2 in.
Milan, private collection
Lucretia
and Sextus Tarquinius
1663
Oil on canvas
54 1/4 x 73 1/2 in.
Naples, Capodimonte Museum
Saint
Sebastian Cured by Saint Irene
c. 1665
Oil on canvas
72 1/2 x 108 3/4 in.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art
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