* Luca Giordano, called Fa Presto Naples 1634 - 1705

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Description

Luca Giordano, called Fa Presto
The Martyrdom of St Bartholomew
oil on canvas

Provenance

With Bertil Rapp Kunsthandel, Stockholm, Sweden.

Exhibited

Naples, Museo di Capodimonte, Luca Giordano 1634-1705, March 3- May 27 2001, cat. no. 41.

Catalogue Note

The present work dates from the period around Giordano's return to Naples in 1653. It belongs to a group of canvases, many of the same distinctive dimensions, all of which show very clearly the influence of Ribera. Good examples of this group are Lot and His Daughters and St. Sebastian, both in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden, and the Death of Seneca in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.