その頃、Luca Giordanoの人生では
生涯をすべて見る1651–1678 · 活動地
Naples
c. 1678
Andreini brings his paintings to Florence
The Florentine collector Pietro Andrea Andreini, after visiting Naples, brings back to Florence a small group of Giordano's works, among them “Apollo and Marsyas” (now in the Museo Bardini), which spreads the artist's fame in the city.
1679–1682 · 活動地
Florence
1681
A biographical account of Giordano is compiled
The “Relatione della vita di Luca Giordano pittore celebre” (“Account of the life of the famous painter Luca Giordano”; Florence, National Central Library) appears; some scholars think Giordano wrote it himself. It shows that in Rome his paintings were little appreciated, perhaps because they differed so fundamentally from Roman Baroque.
early 1682
Arrives in Florence
Arrives in Florence, having visited Rome on the way, where he probably saw Gaulli's fresco in the Church of the Gesù. He lodges with the del Rosso family, who commission many works from him.
