Tag: Giordano

Omaggio a Velázquez (c.1692-1700)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Omaggio a Velázquez (A Homage to Velázquez) c.1692–1700 Oil on canvas, 205.2 x 182.2 cm National Gallery, London The title of this painting originates from the idea that the man seated in the centre represents Diego Velázquez at the…

La fuga in Egitto (1701)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) 1701 Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 48.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1692 Giordano was summoned to Spain as court painter to King Charles II. Charles was succeeded in…

Annunciazione (1672)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) 1672 Oil on canvas, 236.5 x 169.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Giordano was the leading painter in Naples in the late seventeenth century and one of the most sought-after Italian artists of…

Luca Giordano

(1634–1705) known as Fa Presto (‘does it quickly’) The artist’s works: Mendicante c.1650 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna San Bartolomeo nel martirio c.1650 Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia Il sacrificio di Isacco c.1653 Museo del Prado, Madrid Quattro donne che fanno musica 1658–1660 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam La…

Francisco de Quevedo

(1580–1645) Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas Works: • Historia de la vida del Buscón (Spanish) • Los Sueños, Volume I (Spanish) • Los Sueños, Volume II (Spanish) • Pablo de Segovia (English) • The Visions of Dom Francisco…

Princeton University Art Museum

Founded: 1882 Address: Princeton, NJ 08544 Website: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also: • Museums |…

Diego Velázquez

(1599–1660) Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez The artist’s works: El almuerzo c.1617 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg La educación de la Virgen c.1617–1618 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Almuerzo de campesinos c.1618–1619 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Bodegón 1618–1620 Art Institute of…