Rare Baroque Paintings by Luca Giordano, Gothic Art by Jacobello del Fiore Available at Brunk Auctions

A selection of European and British fine art, ranging from the Renaissance period to the 20th century, will soon be available with Brunk Auctions. The company’s upcoming sale particularly features a group of six mythological scenes by Italian Baroque painter Luca Giordano. Active in the late 17th century, Giordano was known as Luca Fa Presto (“Luca, Work Quickly”), a reference to his fast working pace and enormous output. He primarily painted religious and mythological scenes. In the available group of Giordano paintings, the artist depicted various characters from Greek and Roman mythology such as Mars, Venus, Pan, Syrinx, Hercules, and others. The paintings are executed in miniature and on copper, a material the artist favored while working in Spain. These works were purchased in 2007 from Robert Simon Fine Art, a New York gallery. Accompanying documents from the gallery note that “here the artist has rethought themes he treated in larger formats and adapted them to an intimate scale… this set is unique in its diminutive size, evidently the smallest fully realized project of the artist.”

Another key lot in the sale is a Madonna and Child painting attributed to Late Gothic painter Jacobello del Fiore. This work shows the young Christ holding a pomegranate. Mary is clothed in a richly detailed brocade, and both figures are crowned with gold halos. Beyond paintings, collectors can consider a variety of sculptures, including a French Early Renaissance devotional sculpture in marble, and antique furniture. To browse the full Gothic To Romantic | Fine Continental and British Collections | March 7, 2024 catalog and find other online auctions, visit Bidsquare.