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
- Euclid about 1630-1635
- A Philosopher, probably Euclid 1637
- Saint James the Greater 17th century
- Saint Joseph
- Martyrdom Of St Lawrence
- The Trinity
- The Mocking of Christ
- Penitence of Saint Peter 1621
- Head of a Man with cloth Headdress ca. 1625
- Saint Joseph
- Saint Francis Receives The Seven Privileges From The Angel
- Saint James the Greater ca. 1615 - 1616
- A Philosopher, Presumed To Be Archimedes
- El sueño de Jacob 1639
- Studies of Two Ears and of a Bat. 1591-1652
- St Jerome 1600 - 1699
- Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew 1644
- Ecce Homo 1644
- Prometheus
- Saint Paul 1632