The Poet
Jusepe de Ribera
1620–30
Medium
Etching on paper
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74654
Rights
Public Domain
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.