Luca Giordano Naples (1634-1705)
Further images
Provenance
Commissioned by Andrea del Rosso (1640-1715), Florence, while the artist was a guest at his home, circa 1685, listed in their inventory of 1689, thence by descent.
Private collection, Florence, where acquired by the present owner.
Exhibitions
Paris, Petit Palais, Luca Giordano (1634-1705) The triumph of the Neapolitan painting, 14 Nov. 2019 - 23 Feb. 2020
Literature
M. Gualandi, Memorie originali italiane riguardanti le Belle Arti, II, Bologna, 1841, p. 118.
O. Ferrari and G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano, Naples, 1966, II, p. 330 (under "Paintings not traced", listed in the collection of Andrea, Ottavio and Lorenzo del Rosso, Florence).
S. Meloni Trkulja, ‘Luca Giordano a Firenze’, in Paragone, 1972, 267, pp. 25–74;
O. Ferrari, ‘I tempi di Firenze’, in O. Ferrari, G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano. L’opera completa,
Napoli, 1992, 2 vol., I, pp. 77 – 105, p. 102, p. 230, n. 67;
F. Baldassarri, M. Francucci, Luca Castrichini, Luca Giordano. Due tondi “su la calce” per i Del Rosso, Todi 2017.
SOLD TO THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART
SOLD TO THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART