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, ca 1663 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Allegory of the Fortress, by Luca Giordano by Luca Giordano")
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_Male_Nude_with_Raised_Arms_and_Sketches_-_(MeisterDrucke-1285013).jpg "Saint John the Baptist Preaching (recto); Male Nude with Raised Arms and Sketches of Heads (verso) by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1092593).jpg "Judgement of Solomon by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Finding of Moses, c.1685-1690 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "St Sebastian 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, 1688 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Aeneas fleeing Troy. Carrying Anchises, Aeneas fled the city after it fell into the hands of the Achaeans. 1675-1680. Genoa, Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Lucretia and Tarquin by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Rape of Helen 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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.jpg "The Hunt of Diana by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Rape of Proserpina by Hades by Luca Giordano")
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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 "The Entombment of Christ by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Tarquinus and Lucretia by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-937103).jpg "Rape of the Sabine Women, c.1675 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Job and His Comforters by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Beggar Philosopher with Wooden Bowl and Wine Bottle by Bernard Vaillant")
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.jpg "The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, c.1660 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Abduction of the Sabine Women by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1663437).jpg "Saint Sebastian by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Psyche Served by Invisible Spirits by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Death of Lucretia 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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_et_Stratonice_(ou_Stratonike)_(Antiochus_and_Stratonice_-_(MeisterDrucke-1314354).jpg "Antiochus and Stratonice. Antiochus, son of King Seleucus I Nicator, is treated by the physician Erasistratus of Ceos for an illness caused by his love for Stratonice, his father")
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.jpg "The Resurrection of the Dead by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Apollo and Marsyas. Apollo, after winning the challenge against Marsyas, has him flayed and then thrown into a cave. Painting by Luca Giordano (1632-1705) by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1585357).jpg "Musician Tuning His Lute (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1663604).jpg "Xanthippe Pours Water into Socrates")
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.jpg "The Martyrdom of St Lucy by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Madonna with Child and Saint Benedict by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1494011).jpg "David Showing Solomon the Plans of the Temple by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Archangel Michael Casts Down the Rebellious Angels by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis of Assisi by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Self Portrait, c.1665 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Marriage at Cana by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Rape of Proserpina (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Birth of the Virgin 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 "Adam and Eve Lamenting over the Body of Abel by Paolo de Matteis")
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.jpg "The Triumph of Judith by Nicola Malinconico")
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.jpg "Design for Susanna and the Elders by Luca Giordano")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-264946).jpg "St. Mary Magdalene of Pazzi (1566-1607) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Allegory of Magnanimity by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Tarquinius and Lucretia by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Assumption of the Virgin; Reverse: Head of a Woman and Child by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Agony in the Garden by Luca Giordano")
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_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110731).jpg "Rinaldo and Armida by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "King David Bearing the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1659451).jpg "Diana and Endymion by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1427564).jpg "Aeneas made immortal by Venus by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Samson and the Lion by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Archangel Michael Hurls the Rebellious Angels into the Abyss by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Minerva as the Patroness of Arts and Sciences 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 "Cain Slaying Abel by Paolo de Matteis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1636434).jpg "Pope Leo the Great Faces Attila the Hun Bozzetto by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Mary Magdalen Repentant by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1659956).jpg "Annunciation to Joachim by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1583770).jpg "Vision of Saint John the Divine by Luca Giordano")
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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 "Massacre of the Innocents by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Birth of the Virgin by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Series of the Four Parts of the World. America by Luca Giordano")
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_Peinture_de_Luca_Giord_-_(MeisterDrucke-1323616).jpg "The Holy Family by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Frescoes in the Gallery of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence, Scene 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 "The Marriage at Cana by Luca Giordano")
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_ca_1696_Oil_on_canvas_206x_-_(MeisterDrucke-941595).jpg "The Visitation by Luca Giordano")
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_-_Dood_van_SenecaThe_Death_of_Seneca_(title_on_object)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1378861).jpg "Death of Seneca by Simon François Ravenet (le vieux)")
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.jpg "The Martyrdom of Saint Januarius by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Death of Adonis (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Heraclitus 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 "Christ among the Doctors by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Assumption of the Virgin by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Two Apostles by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Judith Displaying the Head of Holofernes by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis of Assisi by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1425255).jpg "Apollo and Marsia by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1659944).jpg "The Rape of Proserpina by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Visitation by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Assumption of the Virgin; Verso: Head of a Woman and Child by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Good Samaritan by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Diana and Endymion by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Allegorical Figures Holding the Papal Insignia, study after the Allegory of Divine Providence in Palazzo Barberini in Rome by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1659983).jpg "Apollo and Marsyas by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Rubens painting the Allegory of Peace by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Birth of Man (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1119952).jpg "Abduction of Europa by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Resurrection of Lazarus by Luca Giordano")
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