Print of steel engraving titled „Fuga in Egitto“.

Artist School of Luca Giordano.

Drawn by A. Frassinetti.

Engraved by A. Calzi.

From “Galerie du Palais Pitti“, Chez Louis Bardi, Florence, 1843. Vol. IV. Tav. 59.

Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 12 January 1705) was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain. Born in Naples, Giordano was the son of the painter Antonio Giordano. In around 1650 he was apprenticed to Ribera on the recommendation of the viceroy of Naples and his early work was heavily influenced by his teacher. Like Ribera, he painted many half-length figures of philosophers, either imaginary portraits of specific figures, or generic types. He acquired the nickname of Luca Fà-presto (Luca Work-fast). His speed, in design as well as handiwork, and his versatility, which enabled him to imitate other painters deceptively, earned for him two other epithets, "The Thunderbolt" (Fulmine) and "The Proteus" of painting.

Approx. image size: 17, 4 x 16, 3/47, 1 x 32, 1 cm.

Condition: good.