Jusepe de Ribera
Jusepe de Ribera (January 12, 1591 - September 2, 1652) was a Spanish Tenebrist painter and printmaker. He also had the name Lo Spagnoletto ("the little Spaniard") given to him by his contemporaries and early biographers. Rivera was considered as one of leading painters of the Spanish School, although his mature works were painted in Italy.
Jusepe de Ribera | |
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 Copy of Saint Thomas (purported Ribera self-portrait) engraved by Hamlet Winstanley | |
| Baptised | February 17, 1591 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain |
| Died | November 3, 1652 (aged 61) |
| Occupation | painter and printmaker |
| Years active | 1611–1652 |
| Known for | Drunken Silenus, Magdalena Ventura with Her Husband and Son, The Martyrdom of Saint Philip, Clubfooted Boy, The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria |
| Movement | Baroque |
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Jusepe De Ribera Media
Saint Peter and Saint Paul, ca. 1616, oil on canvas, 126 x 112 cm., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
Land under Spanish rule in the life of Jusepe de Ribera (1591–1652): Játiva, birth 1591; Valencia, purported apprenticeship with Francisco Ribalta; Parma, first documented painting 1611; Rome, lived ca. 1612-1616; Naples, lived 1616–1652 and death
The Denial of St Peter, c. 1615-16. oil on canvas, 163 x233 cm., Galleria nazionale d'arte antica
Clubfooted Boy, 1642, oil on canvas, 164 x 94 cm. Louvre
Magdalena Ventura with Her Husband and Son, "Bearded Lady", 1631, Fundación Casa Ducal de Medinaceli
Portrait of John Joseph of Austria, 1638, Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid
Kitchen with Goat's Head, 1650, Museo di Capodimonte
Reference
- Main source: Scholz-Hänsel, Michael. (2000). Jusepe de Ribera, 1591–1652 . Cologne: Konemann. ISBN 3-8290-2872-5
Read more
- Brown, Jonathan. (1973). Jusepe de Ribera: prints and drawings; [catalogue of an exhibition] The Art Museum, Princeton University, October–November 1973 . Princeton, NJ: Princeton University. OCLC 781367 the standard work on his prints and drawings.
- Williamson, Mark A. "The Martyrdom Paintings of Jusepe de Ribera: Catharsis and Transformation"; PhD Dissertation, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 2000 (available online at myspace.com/markwilliamson13732) (link broken)