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Effigies Celeberrimi Pictoris / Lucae Jordani Neapolitani: P.14805-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Effigies Celeberrimi Pictoris / Lucae Jordani Neapolitani
Portrait of Luca Giordano

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Catenaro, Giovanni Battista
Draughtsman: Catenaro, Giovanni Battista (After)

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Description

Etching on laid paper. A head and shoulders portrait with shoulders directed towards the right and head turned three-quarters towards the left. The Italian artist, Luca Giordano (1634-1705) appears in late middle-age, balding and wearing nose spectacles. A cloak around his shoulders covers a doublet with three buttons and lace collar visible. Lettered below the image with title and production details: 'Effigies Celeberrimi Pictoris / LUCAE JORDANI Neapolitani. / J. B. Catenaro pinxit Madriti & Londini sculpsit'. An inscription on the verso in brown ink is possibly initials, but is partly obscured and indecipherable. The British Museum holds two impressions of this etching, see: 1868,0808.2394 and 1917,1208.686. See Notes.

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Unknown

Acquisition and important dates

by unknown

Dating

18th Century
1691 - 1727

Note

Height 193mm (cut to platemark) x width 143mm (cut to platemark)

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14805-R
Primary reference Number: 225414
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Thursday 3 January 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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