Luca Giordano

(1634–1705) Italian Baroque painter (1634–1705)

Luca Giordano (1634–1705) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Luca Giordano belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Luca Giordano was born in Naples and died in Naples. Luca Giordano studied under Jusepe de Ribera. Luca Giordano worked in Naples, Rome, Florence, and Venice. Wikidata associates Luca Giordano with Baroque.

The best-known works include ‘Adoration of the Shepherds (1688)’, ‘Christ and the Adulteress’, ‘Crucifixion of St. Peter’, and ‘paintings by Luca Giordano in the Pio Monte della Misericordia’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 250 works by Luca Giordano with free images. The dated works span the years 1601–1704. Works by Luca Giordano are held by several collections, among them Pradomuseet, National Gallery, Eremitaget, and Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen. Wikidata links 3 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Frederik de Moucheron, Ciro Ferri, Dirck Helmbreeker, Jan de Baen, and Benedetto Gennari junior.

• The Baroque
• The Marriage of the Virgin
• Adoration of the Shepherds (1688)
• The Fall of the Rebel Angels
• Saint Januarius intercedes with the Virgin, Christ, and Eternal Father for the plague
• Patron Saints of Naples adoring the Crucifix