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Description: | The Neapolitan Giordano was nicknamed 'Luca fa Presto' (Do it quick, Luke) by his contemporaries because of his enormous output and versatility. He studied in Naples, Rome, Florence and Venice where he copied works by Tintoretto and Veronese whose style clearly influenced this composition. The parable of Dives and Lazarus is taken from Luke, 16. 19-31. A rich man, Dives, dressed in fine clothes feasted daily while a poor man, Lazarus, lay at his gate starving, dogs licking his sores. In time, both men died and Lazarus was carried to Heaven but Dives descended to Hell. | Subjects: | religion (Dives and Lazarus)) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Giordano, Luca (Italian painter, 1634-1705, active in Italy and Spain) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9169... | Go to resource |
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