Description
Among the most famous Baroque artists from Naples, Luca Giordano was nicknamed Luca fa presto (Luca creates quickly), which can be appreciated in the spontaneity of his draftsmanship as well as that of his paintings. Reminiscent of the famous Venetian painting by Titian, the drawing tells the story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses in which the god Jupiter takes on the form of a white bull in order to lure Europa away.
Accession Number
82179
Medium
Brush and brown oil paint, with black chalk, heightened with white oil paint, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
17.3 × 23.6 cm (6 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
brush and ink
Credit Line
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
