Ribera is considered one of the most important figures in European painting in the 17th century and the Counter-Reformation. He was Spanish, but spent nearly his entire career in Italy. He was initially influenced by followers of Caravaggio who were active in Rome; he later incorporated stylistic innovations of Venice and Flanders in his own highly personal compositions.

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Ribera, Jusepe de

Biography

Notable Works

Artworks

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The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria

All Artworks

The Tears of Saint Peter

Filosoof met spiegel

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

Penitent Saint Peter

Adoration of the Shepherds

Man Wearing a Large Cloak and a Small Naked Man on His Head

Study for a Crucifixion of St. Peter

Head of a Satyr Facing Left

A Man Leading a Blind Friar (recto); Incidental Sketches (not by the artist; verso).

Studies of Two Ears and of a Bat. Below, the motto: FULGET SEMPER VIRTUS

Unidentified Scene: Figures Watching a Fallen Giant and Another Figure Levitating

Virgin and Child on Crescent Moon with Putti

Drunken Silenus holding a cup aloft into which a Satyr pours wine

The Drunken Silenus holding a cup aloft into which a Satyr pours wine

The Virgin, Saint John the Baptist, and Mary Magdalene weeping over Christ's dead body

The Virgin, Saint John the Baptist, and Mary Magdalen weeping over Christ's dead body

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment

The Penitence of Saint Peter

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

A winged putto flogging a satyr tied to a tree

The poet, standing crowned with laurel, leaning on a stone

The Poet (copy in reverse)