Saint Peter in the Desert
Jusepe de Ribera
1621
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 32 × 24.2 cm (12 5/8 × 9 9/16 in.); Plate: 32.5 × 24.8 cm (12 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 33 × 24.9 cm (13 × 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61038
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.