Diana and Endymion
by Luca Giordano
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164.000 x 1492.000 cm.
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Title
Diana and Endymion
Artist
Luca Giordano
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
The support is a medium-weight, open plain-weave fabric. The ground is a dark brown layer of medium thickness. Using broad rapid brushstrokes, the paint was thickly applied everywhere but in the shadows, where its thin, transparent application allows the ground to show through and darken the shadows. X-radiographs reveal several artist's changes. The moon was once directly over Diana's forehead. Diana's hand was placed lower, around Endymion's neck, and her hairstyle was slightly different at the neck. The upper sections of Diana's billowing blue drapery were somewhat larger, and the upper edge of the bottom section was originally higher. Endymion looked out at the viewer rather than up at Diana. The mouth of the dog at right may have been open.
The tacking margins have been removed, but cusping is present along all four sides. The painting is in good condition aside from minor abrasion and small inpainted losses scattered throughout and concentrated just left of center. The dark appearance results from the paint having become more transparent with age, allowing the dark color of the ground to dominate. The varnish is clear. The painting, which was lined at an unknown date, has not been treated since acquisition.
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September 21st, 2020
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