Luca Giordano Death of Seneca 1650-53 oil on canvas 108 x 87 cm "The work, depicting the death of Seneca during Nero's empire, is an autograph replica, reduced in size, of the canvas by Luca Giordano belonging to the collections of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.The painting shows how Giordano's youthful phase was influenced by examples from the strand of Neapolitan Caravaggism and above all by the violent and brutal reality represented by Ribera, accentuated by epidermal and anatomical details.A date of 1650-53 is proposed for the canvas in Munich: a chronological collocation that can also be referred to the replica proposed here.Expertise of Prof. Nicola Spinosa dated 8 February 2025.