Luca GiordanoItalian, 1646–1705Lucrèce et Tarquin
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Not on view at present
Where is “Lucrèce et Tarquin” now? Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris. Not on view at present. Checked September 26, 2026.
Paris, France
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- MI 870
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée du Louvre
- Image: Musée du Louvre — © 2017 GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux
In the life of Luca Giordano
The whole life1692–1702 · Workplace
Madrid
1700
Charles II dies: commissions only from private patrons
After the death of Charles II, Giordano works only for private patrons, although Philip V greatly admires his art.
8 February 1702
Leaves Madrid for Naples
Leaves Madrid and returns to Naples. During his decade in Spain he painted major decorative schemes at the Buen Retiro, the Escorial, the sacristy of Toledo Cathedral and the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, as well as part of the frescoes in the church of San Antonio de los Alemanes.
1702–1705 · Workplace
Naples
1705
His last works are left unfinished
At his death “The Marriage at Cana” and “The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes” (Santa Maria Donnaregina Nuova) and the frescoes in the sacristy of Santa Brigida, begun only after his return from Spain, remain incomplete; his pupil Giuseppe Simonelli completes them. The day of his death is given variously as 3 or 12 January 1705.
3 January 1705
Died
