- 434
Attributed to Luca Giordano
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- Luca Giordano
- a kneeling woman with her right arm outstretched
- Red chalk;
bears later inscription in black chalk on the backing: P. Veronese
Provenance
Sale, London, Christie's, 1 December 1970, lot 318 (as Veronese), purchased by Ralph Holland
Exhibited
Newcastle, 1974, no. 65, reproduced pl. XIII (as attributed to Lorenzo Lippi);
London, 1975, no. 44 (as Attributed to Lorenzo Lippi);
Newcastle, 1982, no. 53 (as Attributed to Lorenzo Lippi)
London, 1975, no. 44 (as Attributed to Lorenzo Lippi);
Newcastle, 1982, no. 53 (as Attributed to Lorenzo Lippi)
Catalogue Note
This vigorous study is strongly reminiscent of the work of Luca Giordano and could be an early work, from the time when the artist was copying figures from paintings or frescoes that interested him. The colour is slightly different from Giordano's usual red chalk, and the facial type is not his characteristic one, but nonetheless the attribution should be taken seriously. Ralph Holland had suggested that this was the work of an early 17th century Florentine artist, possibly Lorenzo Lippi.