A group of three related Annunciations by Giovanni Lanfranco seems to trace the reworking of a successful invention: the small copper now in the Hermitage, the large canvas in Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle in Paris, and the later altarpiece in the Costaguti Chapel of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari in Rome. The precise dating of the HermitageContinue reading “Giovanni Lanfranco (1582–1647) and the Reworking of the Annunciation”
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Luca Giordano (1634–1705) at the Casón del Buen Retiro: The Alegoría del Toisón de Oro and the Last Habsburg Court
Luca Giordano was born in Naples on 18 October 1634, the son of Antonio Giordano and Isabella Imparato. According to Maria Giovanna Sarti, his father was a picture dealer of Puglian origin and also a modest painter, and seems to have introduced him early to the practical world of painting. Although the sources report anContinue reading “Luca Giordano (1634–1705) at the Casón del Buen Retiro: The Alegoría del Toisón de Oro and the Last Habsburg Court”
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