Live Auction 2134Old Master and 19th Century Drawings
Luca Giordano (Naples 1632-1706)
Lot 21

Luca Giordano (Naples 1632-1706)

An allegory of Vigilance, after Raphael

Closed29 January 2009

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Luca Giordano (Naples 1632-1706)
An allegory of Vigilance, after Raphael
red and white chalk on red prepared paper
14 x 11¼ in. (358 x 285 mm.)

Lauro Bernardino Coriani de'Conti d'Algarotti, according to an inscription on the mount 'Proviene della Raccolta disegni della Galleria Coriani d'Algarotti'.
With Charles Albert de Burlet (1882-1956), Basel, his mark (not in Lugt).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 1999, lot 58.

Specialist note

Dr. Paul Joannides noted that the composition is based upon a design by Raphael executed by Giulio Romano for the Sala di Constantino in the Vatican, Rome. Giordano was recorded as having been in Rome in 1652-53. The crane, a symbol of watchfulness is in the female personification's hand.