Jusepe de Ribera
Master of Spanish Tenebrism in Italy
Jusepe de Ribera was a Spanish-Italian Tenebrist painter and printmaker. Ribera was a leading painter of the Spanish school, although his mature work was all done in Italy. Ribera was born at Xàtiva, near Valencia, Spain. Longing to study art in Italy, he made his way to Rome via Parma, where he painted Saint Martin and the Beggar, now lost, for the church of San Prospero in 1611. According to one source, a cardinal noticed him drawing from the frescoes on a Roman palace facade, and housed him. Roman artists gave him the nickname "Lo Spagnoletto". Ribera’s work remained in fashion after his death, largely through the hyper-naturalistic depictions of cruel subjects in the paintings of such pupils as Luca Giordano.
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Master student
- Francisco Ribalta Master
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Artworks by this artist
- Ecce Homo 1644
- Salomé With The Head Of Saint John The Baptist
- Christ Among The Doctors In The Temple
- Saint Francis of Paola 1640
- Saint Sebastian Tended By The Holy Women 1621
- Saint Jerome
- The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew 1634
- Head of a Satyr Facing Left ca. 1625-30
- La Sagrada Familia 1639
- The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria 1648
- Un astrónomo 1617 - 1652
- A Potentate Accompanied by His Halberd Bearer 1625-1630
- A warrior saint circa 1610
- Man Wearing a Large Cloak and a Small Naked Man on His Head ca. 1637-40
- Euclid about 1630-1635
- A Philosopher, probably Euclid 1637
- Study for a Crucifixion of St. Peter 1628-30
- Saint Andrew – a fragment
- Saint James the Greater 17th century
- Saint Joseph