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The Defeat of Sisera Luca Giordano, 1692
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The Defeat of Sisera

Luca Giordano Β· 1692

Why it's great

A warrior falls from a chariot as a storm and a flood destroy his army. Luca Giordano painted it in about 1692, and the story is from the Bible.

Where to see it

πŸ“ Museo del PradoMadrid, Spain

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About the artist

Luca Giordano

1632–1705 Β· born in Naples

Luca Giordano was a Neapolitan painter, born in 1632. He painted so fast that people called him Luca Fa Presto, Luca Work Fast. His huge, swirling ceilings and altarpieces decorated palaces and churches in Italy and Spain. He died in Naples in 1705.

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