Tag: Luca Giordano
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19 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, 18 Old Master Artists’ interpretation of The Rape Of Lucretia, with Footnotes. #181
Lucretia (died ca. BC 508) was the daughter of magistrate Spurius Lucretius and the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. The marriage between Lucretia and Collatinus was depicted as the ideal Roman union, as both Lucretia and Collatinus were faithfully devoted to one another. According to Livy, Lucretia was an exemplar of “beauty and purity,” as…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Luca Giordano’s LOT, WITH HIS TWO DAUGHTERS FLEEING FROM THE BURNING CITY OF SODOM, With Footnotes – #125
Lot, with a critical, thoughtful look, his head is slightly turned back, followed by one of the daughters, also wearing a white bandana. Her liberally painted upper body already points to the later known sequence of events. More on this painting Lot was a patriarch in the biblical Book of Genesis. Notable episodes in his…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 81
Luca Giordano, 1634 – 1705 The Adoration Of The Magi This Adoration of the Magi by Luca Giordano is likely to date to 1687–89, when the artist was working in Naples before departing for Spain in 1692. Giordano’s skill in depicting a scene that incorporates such a rich panoply of figures resides in his ability…
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03 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 13
George Frederick Watts, 1817 – 1904 UNDINE Oil on panel 24 1/4 by 23 3/4 in., 61.6 by 60.3 cm Private collection Undine is a fairy-tale novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. It is an early German romance, which has…
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