# St Gennaro Liberates Naples from the Plague [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIORDANO, Luca]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 400 x 315 cm ## Commentary St Gennaro Liberates Naples from the Plague c. 1660 Oil on canvas, 400 x 315 cm Santa Maria del Pianto, Naples The figure of St Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, is set at the centre of the painting which was commissioned by the viceroy for the church built after the dreadful plague epidemic of 1656. ## Related artworks - [A Cynical Philospher]() - [A Homage to Velázquez]() - [Aaron's Sacrifice, and the Destruction of the Band of Korah \(detail\)]() - [Aaron's Sacrifice, and the Destruction of the Band of Korah]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Allegory of the Peace between Florence and Fiesole]() - [Allegory of Wisdom]() - [Apotheosis of the Medici]() - [Battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()