Saint Jerome Reading
Jusepe de Ribera
c. 1624
Medium
etching with some engraving and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 19.1 x 25.3 cm (7 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Philip and Judith Benedict
Accession Number
1997.88.4
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.