Luca Giordano

The Rape of Deianira



Luca Giordano - The Rape of Deianira



Luca Giordano
The Rape of Deianira
117.5 x 175.3 cm
Oil on canvas
Sale Christie's, London, 7 December 2018


Provenance

(Possibly) Commissioned by Andrea del Rosso, Florence, 1681.
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694-1753), Chiswick House, and by descent to his daughter,
Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Cavendish, née Boyle (1731-1754), Marchioness of Hartington, and by inheritance to her husband,
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, (1720-1764), at Chiswick House and transferred to Chatsworth House by 1854,
The Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement, Derbyshire; Christie's, London, 31 October 1975, nrs. 87 and 88.
with Colnaghi, London, 1976, where acquired by the father of the present owners
Sale Christie's, London, 7 December 2018, nr. 221

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