Circle of Luca Giordano (1632-1705)

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Circle of Luca Giordano (1632-1705)

The Triumph of Galatea

oil on canvas
92½ x 70in. (235 x 177.8cm.)

Lot Essay

Two versions of this composition are recorded by Ferrari and Scavizzi. The primary work is in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Inv. no. 2218; the second is in the Worcester Museum of Art, Mass., Inv. no. 61-32 (see O. Ferrari & G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano, 1992, I, A229-30; II, p. 580, nos. 303-4). The present work does not include Acis who is seated on a rocky shore in both the autograph original versions.