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 "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 "Allegory of the Fortress 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 "The Finding of Moses by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "St Sebastian 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 "Perseus Turning Phineas and His Followers to Stone, Early 1680s 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1103727).jpg "Figure of Aeneas (detail) 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 "Christ Driving the Merchants from the Temple by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Cain Kills Abel by Andreas Flint")
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.jpg "Self Portrait, c.1665 by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1465832).jpg "The Cave Of Eternity, c.1685 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Archangel Michael Overthrows the Rebel Angel by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1597727).jpg "Temptation of Mordecai (?) by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1631268).jpg "Santa Lucia Led to Martyrdom by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1585357).jpg "Musician Tuning His Lute (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Sleeping Venus, Amor and Satyr by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1659944).jpg "The Rape of Proserpina by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-950084).jpg "Neptune (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Cain Kills Abel by Andreas Flint")
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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 "Hercules at Rest by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Expulsion from Paradise by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1659921).jpg "History Writes the Annals on the Back of Time by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Portrait of Charles II of Spain 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 "Assumption of the Virgin; Reverse: Head of a Woman and Child by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Job and His Comforters 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 "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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.jpg "Servant presenting a basket of fruit (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1421931).jpg "Roman Charity 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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.jpg "Carlos II, King of Spain, Son of Felipe IV by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Abduction of the Sabine Women, 1675-80 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "St. John the Baptist, Preaching by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Abduction of the Sabine Women by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Jacob")
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.jpg "Death of Adonis (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Allegory of the Golden Fleece by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Resurrection of Lazarus 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 "Antiochus and Stratonice, 17th or early 18th century 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 "Portrait of a Man by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Mary Magdalen, after Algardi")
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.jpg "The Holy Family with the Symbols of the Passion by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1497597).jpg "Neptune & Amphitrite by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110236).jpg "Figure of Charon (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Three Startled Monks, One Kneeling, Two Standing by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Lamentation of Christ by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1636437).jpg "The Visitation, c. 1695/96 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Nativity by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1636782).jpg "The Rape of the Sabinian Women 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 "Sheep and Shepherds, (detail) from Rebecca")
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_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1422622).jpg "St Michael defeats demon by Luca Giordano")
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_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1117430).jpg "Socrates by Luca Giordano")
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_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1117431).jpg "Aeneas Defeats Turnus by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Church Father Saint Jerome by Luca Giordano")
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_(for_details_see_67088-90)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1122953).jpg "Putti Disporting 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 "Temperance (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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_oil_on_canvas_Detail_-_(MeisterDrucke-1119951).jpg "Abduction of Europa (detail) by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait, c. 1670 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Beggar Philosopher with Wooden Bowl and Wine Bottle by Bernard Vaillant")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1045071).jpg "The Dream of King Solomon by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Cain by the Body of Abel by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "A Homage to Velázquez, ca 1692-1700 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Olindo and Sophronia by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Philosopher Thales of Miletus by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1659983).jpg "Apollo and Marsyas by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Tarquinius and Lucretia by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Marriage at Cana by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Series of the Four Parts of the World. Asia by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1659451).jpg "Diana and Endymion by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Saint Anne Received in Heaven by Christ and the Virgin by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Saint Thomas of Villanova Giving Alms to the Poor, ca 1658 by Luca Giordano")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-99280).jpg "St Francis of Paola, 1416-1507 by Luca Giordano")
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_oil_on_c_-_(MeisterDrucke-1119950).jpg "Xanthippe pouring water onto Socrates")
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.jpg "Evangelist Looking Upward 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1427564).jpg "Aeneas made immortal by Venus by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Self Portrait by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Rape of Proserpina by Hades by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Martyrdom of St Lucy by Luca Giordano")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1638287).jpg "Acis and Galatea, c. 1682 by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "Two Apostles by Luca Giordano")
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_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110731).jpg "Rinaldo and Armida by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Abduction of the Sabine Women by Luca Giordano")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-102212).jpg "Cato of Utica by Luca Giordano")
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