GIORDANO, Luca
(b. 1634, Napoli, d. 1705, Napoli)

St Gennaro Liberates Naples from the Plague

c. 1660
Oil on canvas, 400 x 315 cm
Santa Maria del Pianto, Naples

The figure of St Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, is set at the centre of the painting which was commissioned by the viceroy for the church built after the dreadful plague epidemic of 1656.




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