Luca Giordano
Italian, 1634-1705
Saint Anne Received in Heaven by Christ and the Virgin
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Luca Giordano
Italian, 1634-1705c. 1653
Saint Anne Received in Heaven by Christ and the Virgin
Luca Giordano Italian, 1634-1705 →etchingprint
Date
c. 1653
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 32.1 × 25.1 cm (12 11/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Plate: 33.5 × 25.5 cm (13 1/4 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet: 33.8 × 25.8 cm (13 5/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Anne Searle Bent
A Neapolitan painter known as Luca fa presto (“Luke who paints quickly"), Luca Giordano was also a fluent and expeditious draftsman. Probably trained by Ribera, he only made six etchings. Despite the rapid pace at which he worked, he produced very small editions of these prints, making early works such as this one extremely rare.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Last Supper
Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705) after Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
Reclining Child
Attributed to Luca Giordano Italian, 1634-1705
Allegorical Figures Holding the Papal Insignia, study after the Allegory of Divine Providence in Palazzo Barberini in Rome
Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705) after Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669)
