ID 1358466
Lot 47 | LUCA GIORDANO (NAPLES 1634-1705)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
Samson and Delilah
oil on canvas
50 x 59 ¾ in. (127 x 149.8 cm)
Provenance
Gaspar Roomer (between 1596 and 1606-1674), Naples.
Anonymous sale [Property of a Nobleman]; Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1997, lot 70, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
B. Domenici, Vite dei Pittori, Scultori, ed. Architetti Napoletani, 1743, III, pp. 397-98.
O. Ferrari and G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano, 1966, I, p. 45; II, pp. 17 and 364.
A. Pigler, Barockthemen, Budapest, 1974, I, p. 124, where the 'lost' 'Samson and Delilah' is wrongly identified with the picture in the Harrach Collection.
O. Ferrari and G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano: L'Opera Completa, 1992, I, pp. 38 and 399.
O. Ferrari, 'Dipinti', in Luca Giordano. Nuove ricerche e inediti, Milan, 2003, p. 27, no. A02, dated to circa 1650-1653.
G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano: la vita e le opere, Naples, 2017, p. 46, p. 50, fig. 14.
| Artist: | Luca Giordano (Luca Fa Рresto, 1634 - 1705) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Luca Giordano (Luca Fa Рresto, 1634 - 1705) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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