Luca Giordano

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Luca Giordano

1634-1705

Marsyas Bound to a Tree

ca. 1660

Red chalk on laid paper; verso: a few strokes in red chalk and very slight indications of a figure in black chalk.

9 15/16 x 7 9/16 inches (252 x 192 mm)

Purchased as the gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.

1976.48

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Notes:

Although traditionally attributed to Jusepe de Ribera, this sheet is instead by his Neapolitan follower Luca Giordano. As Viviana Farina has noted, it relates to Giordano's painting of ca. 1660 in the Museo Bardini, Florence.

Inscription:

Numbered on verso in an old hand in pen and brown ink at lower right, "n:10".
Watermark: Three hills surmounted by a fleur-de-lis and the letter "M" at top.

Provenance:

Baskett and Day, London.

Associated names:

Ribera, Jusepe de, 1591-1652, Formerly attributed to.
Koch, Frederick, donor.

Bibliography:

Dervaux, Isabelle. Drawing connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the old masters. New York: Morgan Library & Museum, 2007, p. 31-32, repr. (as Jusepe de Ribera)
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 287 (as Jusepe de Ribera)

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