Self-Portrait as a Chemical or Alchemist
Technical Details
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Title
Self-Portrait as a Chemical or Alchemist -
Author
Luca Giordano -
Year
c. 1660 -
Dimensions
cm 116 x 96 -
Inventory
689 -
Room
XXXII
Following a custom fashionable with Napolitan intellectuals and adopted by Jusepe de Ribera, Luca Giordano portrayed himself as a young man in the guise of a philosopher or, as here, of an alchemist, a role hinted at by the large still which he holds in his hands as he scrutinises the observer with his intense, magnetic gaze.
