The Dream of St. Joseph

The Dream of St. Joseph
The Dream of St. Joseph
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Artist
nationality
Italian
birth-death
1632-1705
Creation date
Collection
European
Materials
oil on canvas
Dimensions
46 5/8 x 54 1/4 in.
Not Currently On View
Credit line
Martha Delzell Memorial Fund
Accession number
77.52
Provenance

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Provenance Research is on-going at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and information will be added to this record as research is completed. Please contact Annette Schlagenhauff, Assoc. Curator of Research, at aschlagenhauff@imamuseum.org with any questions.
Gallery Label

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When Carlos II of Spain summoned Luca Giordano to Madrid in 1692, the Neapolitan painter enjoyed a European reputation as the greatest fresco painter of the age. He had already resisted two previous invitations from Philip IV. This work was probably painted towards the end of his ten-year-long Spanish sojourn.

The lightness of form and color displayed by the work are the hallmarks of Giordano's artistic maturity and prepare the way for the development of a true Rococo style.

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