A Group of Figures
Jusepe de Ribera
c. 1649
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
12.9 × 8.8 cm (5 1/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
82496
About the Artist
Jusepe de Ribera · 1590–1652
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.