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Luca Giordano (Naples, 18 October 1634 – Naples, 12 January 1705) was an Italian painter active mainly in Naples, Florence, Madrid and Rome.

He is also known by the nickname "Luca Fapresto" ("Luca will do it soon"), which was given to him when he was working in the church of Santa Maria del Pianto in Naples, when he painted the cruise ship in just two sets of canvases.

He studied the environments of Jusepe de Ribera in Naples, was initially influenced by them, and later became interested in the work of Paolo Veronese, from whom he absorbed the lightness and lightness of the frescoes. After completing his first work in 1651, Luca Giordano created extraordinary paintings and frescoes for churches and palaces.

In 1652 he went to Rome, where he was exposed to Peter's environment

Coming from Cortona, his influence is evident in the enormous frescoes on the ceiling of the Ballroom of Palazzo Medici-Ricardi in Florence, executed by Luca Giordano from 1682 to 1686.

Intrigued by the creations of the famous painter, in 1667 he went to Venice, where he admired above all the frescoes by Tiziano Vecellio (1480-1576), which gave him further examples of decorative painting. Read the full biography

Luca Giordano (Naples, 18 October 1634 – Naples, 12 January 1705) was an Italian painter active mainly in Naples, Florence, Madrid and Rome.

He is also known by the nickname "Luca Fapresto" ("Luca will do it soon"), which was given to him when he was working in the church of Santa Maria del Pianto in Naples, when he painted the cruise ship in just two sets of canvases.

He studied the environments of Jusepe de Ribera in Naples, was initially influenced by them, and later became interested in the work of Paolo Veronese, from whom he absorbed the lightness and lightness of the frescoes. After completing his first work in 1651, Luca Giordano created extraordinary paintings and frescoes for churches and palaces.

In 1652 he went to Rome, where he was exposed to Peter's environment

Coming from Cortona, his influence is evident in the enormous frescoes on the ceiling of the Ballroom of Palazzo Medici-Ricardi in Florence, executed by Luca Giordano from 1682 to 1686.

Intrigued by the creations of the famous painter, in 1667 he went to Venice, where he admired above all the frescoes by Tiziano Vecellio (1480-1576), which gave him further examples of decorative painting. In 1692 he went to Spain at the invitation of Charles II, where he collected the sacristy of the Escorial (considered his best work of this period), the Cason of Buen Retiro, the Cathedral of Toledo. A series of frescoes and monasteries were painted in the chambers. Our Lady of Guadalupe; in the Prado Museum in Madrid there are 50 Spanish paintings that testify to his tireless energy.

In 1702 he returned to Naples, where he created his last great work, the ceiling of the Chapel of the Treasurer of San Martino, and in the Santa Maria Egiziacca of Forcella. His fervent imagination was expressed on the canvas of the church. Many of Luca Giordano's frescoes were destroyed or damaged during World War II, such as the Great Cycle of San Benedetto of 1677, in Montecassino.