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    • Luca Giordano (Naples 1632-170
    Lot 78

    Luca Giordano (Naples 1632-1705)

    A female figure crowned with laurels, a throne decorated with a griffin to the right

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    GBP 3,360

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    Luca Giordano (Naples 1632-1705)
    A female figure crowned with laurels, a throne decorated with a griffin to the right
    inscribed (?) 'Il favorisca Venire in casa del Sigr Conte Piatti, Sta di Casa alla Scalza di Santa Teresa al Studie.'(verso)
    red chalk on red prepared paper, the right margin irregular
    17½ x 12¾ in. (445 x 325 mm.)

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    G. Scavizzi, 'New Drawings by Luca Giordano', Master Drawings, 1999, 2, p. 132, no. 5.


    Lot Essay

    Giuseppe Scavizzi dates the present drawing to 1650-55 (loc. cit.). Other drawings in the same technique are illustrated in his article, while yet another was sold in these Rooms, 4 July 1999, lot 58.

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