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Giordano, Luca
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Italian painter, born at Naples; studied under various celebrated masters at Naples, Rome, Lombardy, and other places, finally returning to Naples; in 1692 he received a commission from Charles II. of Spain to adorn the Escurial, and in the execution of this work remained at Madrid till 1700, when he again settled in his native city; he was famous in his day for marvellous rapidity of workmanship, but this fluency combined with a too slavish adherence to the methods of the great masters has somewhat robbed his work of individuality; his frescoes in the Escurial at Madrid and others in Florence and Rome are esteemed his finest work (1632-1705).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Giordano, Luca'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/giordano-luca.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Giordano, Luca'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/giordano-luca.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
