Lot 39
39
Circle of Luca Giordano, called Fa Presto (Naples 1632-1705)
Circle of Luca Giordano, called Fa Presto (Naples 1632-1705)

Psyche approaching the palace of Cupid; and Psyche feasting in the palace of Cupid

Details
Circle of Luca Giordano, called Fa Presto (Naples 1632-1705)
Psyche approaching the palace of Cupid; and Psyche feasting in the palace of Cupid
oil on copper
5 7/8 x 7¼ in. (15 x 18.3 cm.)
two (2)
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7 November 1984, lot 165.
with Piero Corsini, New York.
Literature
(Probably) F. Bologna, in the catalogue of the exhibition, Luca Giordano, Galleria Il Carpine, Rome, 1966, nos. 19-20.
(Probably) O. Ferrari & G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano. L'opera completa, Naples, 1992, I, under no. A635.

Lot Essay

These two works are small-scale replicas of episodes from Giordano's series of paintings on copper depicting the fairy tale of Pysche and Cupid (dated to the 1690s by Ferrari and Scavizzi (loc. cit.), now in the Royal collection, Hampton Court). The story comes from Lucius Apuleius's The Golden Ass (2nd century A.D.).

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