# Resurrection

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/resurrection-r439a64458239d2>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [GIORDANO, Luca](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 114 x 116 cm

## Commentary

A tremendous force bears the transfigured body of Christ from the sealed tomb up into the light. The soldiers in the dark foreground, who have been roused from their sleep, witness the mystery and fall back in terror. An altarpiece in Naples, painted by Caravaggio in 1609 and destroyed in 1805, is cited as the model for this work.

## Related artworks

- [A Cynical Philospher](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/a-cynical-philospher-r9d778de2750ccf>)
- [A Homage to Velázquez](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/a-homage-to-velzquez-r9a0c251ff505d4>)
- [Aaron&#39;s Sacrifice, and the Destruction of the Band of Korah \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/aarons-sacrifice-and-the-destruction-of-the-band-of-korah-detail-rbb2a4e59d8cbeb>)
- [Aaron&#39;s Sacrifice, and the Destruction of the Band of Korah](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/aarons-sacrifice-and-the-destruction-of-the-band-of-korah-rad1465ba4e3e47>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/adoration-of-the-magi-r284ec06c5655bf>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/adoration-of-the-shepherds-r28eaf667d3f633>)
- [Allegory of the Peace between Florence and Fiesole](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/allegory-of-the-peace-between-florence-and-fiesole-rbc97330fadd284>)
- [Allegory of Wisdom](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/allegory-of-wisdom-r5b30299902b1b5>)
- [Apotheosis of the Medici](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/apotheosis-of-the-medici-rebce1089236fda>)
- [Battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/battle-between-the-lapiths-and-the-centaurs-ra2807146a6ba88>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/ceiling-decoration-detail-r2008afbf6f4663>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/ceiling-decoration-detail-r25d9ff28e01fbe>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)