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Luca Giordano

78 works

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Painting of soldiers seizing struggling women before classical columns and a domed building, in dramatic brown and white tone

The Abduction of the Sabine Women

c. 1675

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily branch approaches the Virgin Mary in a stone interior with cherubs above.

The Annunciation

1672

Painting of the Holy Family in flight, with Mary nursing the Christ Child, Joseph, a small angel, and clouds of cherubs above

The Flight into Egypt

1701

Painting of a crowned woman seated beside a lion, with putti offering a crown and flowers against a dark landscape sky.

Allegory of Magnanimity

about 1670

Painting of a haloed woman raising an object above a battlefield of soldiers and horses under a stormy, cloud-filled sky.

Judith with Holofernes' head

1647-1705

Painting of a chaotic battle around a military tent, with soldiers on horseback and winged angels in a stormy sky.

The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes

Painting of Judith holding up a severed head on a battlefield, with angels in the clouds above and fallen soldiers below.

Judith Displaying the Head of Holofernes

Muscular men work at an anvil in a dark forge, hammering metal under dramatic light, in a painting by Luca Giordano.

The Forge of Vulcan

1660

Seated Penitent Mary Magdalen with long hair looks upward, holding a book beside a skull and wooden cross.

Penitent Mary Magdalen

1665

Painting of an angel stopping an old man with a knife above a kneeling boy on wood, under a blue sky.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

1695

Painting of the Nativity with Mary holding the infant Christ, shepherds kneeling, an ox, and angels in clouds above.

Adoration of the Shepherds (1688)

1688

Painting of a winged angel in blue armor and pink cloak spearing a demon while falling figures writhe below.

St. Michael

1663

Woman in red gown riding a white horse, with a cherub above and a reclining river figure and nymph below.

Maria Anna of Neuburg, Queen of Spain, on Horseback

1693

Painting of a half-nude bearded man on straw, gesturing as three figures including a woman in red speak with him.

Job and His Comforters

Oil painting of reclining Venus with armored Mars, cupids, a dog and attendants before a smoky forge glow.

Mars and Venus in Vulcan's Forge

1670

Oil painting of the Virgin Mary presenting the infant Jesus to a high priest at a temple with columns and onlookers.

Presentation of Jesus Christ at the Temple

1670

Black-and-white reproduction of a painting of a shepherd with sheep, goats and a dog, three nude women, and a flying Cupid.

The judgment of Paris

Painting of a group of singers and musicians gathered around an ornate gilded keyboard instrument in dim light.

A Concert

1750

Saint Luke painting at an easel as the Virgin and Christ Child appear above him, surrounded by cherubs.

Saint Lucas painting the Virgin

1650

Painting of a bearded older man in brown robes gazing upward, holding a polished metal bowl beside rolled scrolls.

Archimedes

1650

Painting of Christ in blue drapery with a staff meeting a kneeling Mary Magdalene under a tree, with cherubs above.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene

1686

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a brown robe studying a geometric diagram on paper beside a book.

Euclid

1650

Painting of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt with Joseph leading a donkey through a stormy rocky landscape.

Ucieczka do Egiptu

1690

Oil painting of Christ at a candlelit supper table with two disciples and a servant in red, bread and a dog in the foreground

Christ in Emmaus

1645

Virgin and Child in clouds appear to Saint Francis of Assisi, who gestures upward, with a nursing woman and children below.

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis of Assisi

1680s

Oil painting of a haloed woman gazing upward, hands on her chest, wearing pearls against a dark background.

Santa Águeda

Painting of an angel grabbing the arm of a bearded man about to strike a kneeling youth on an altar, with a ram nearby.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

1653

Battle scene with armored soldiers and rearing horses below, and winged figures in golden clouds above under a stormy sky.

The Defeat of Sisera

1692

Baroque allegory with a seated bearded painter, flying figures, cherubs, a white dove, and classical columns in the sky.

Rubens painting ‘The Allegory of Peace’

1660

Diana in blue drapery leans over the sleeping Endymion, who lies in a red cloak beside hunting dogs and a horn.

Diana and Endymion

c. 1675/1680

Painting of a bearded man with a crown of thorns, eyes raised, wrists bound with rope, holding a reed staff.

Ecce Homo

1664

Painting of St. John the Baptist preaching from a rock to a crowd of men, women and children under a stormy sky.

St. John the Baptist Preaching

1695