Jose de Ribera

Spanish Painter and Print engraver , 1591-1652 Information concerning the life and personality of Jusepe de Ribera is sparse. He was born the son of a shoemaker in Jetiva, Valencia Province. He appears to have gone to the city of Valencia while still a boy, but nothing is known of his possible artistic training there. As an adolescent, he traveled to Italy and spent time in Lombardy. Next he was in Parma, from which, it is said, he was driven by the contentious jealousy of local artists. He located himself in Rome until an accumulation of debts forced him to flee. Finally he settled in Naples, where in 1616 he married Caterina Azzolino, the daughter of a painter, by whom he had seven children between the years 1627 and 1636. The Academy of St. Luke in Rome elected Ribera to membership in 1625, and 6 years later the Pope conferred upon him the Order of Christ. It is understandably speculated that Ribera revisited Rome for these events. Being sought after in Naples by the Church and the various Spanish viceroys who ruled there in the name of the Spanish monarchy, he dismissed the idea of returning to his homeland. He was quoted as saying that he was honored and well paid in Naples and that Spain was a cruel stepmother to its own children and a compassionate mother to foreigners. Nevertheless, he generally added his nationality when he signed his works. This practice inspired the Italians to nickname him "the Little Spaniard" (Lo Spagnoletto). The last decade of Ribera's life was one of personal struggle. He suffered from failing health, the taunts of other artists that his fame was "extinct," and difficulty in collecting payments due him. Nevertheless, he kept it from being a tragic defeat by continuing to paint until the very year of his death in Naples. Actually, he was the victim of the local politics and finances. Naples was in the throes of a severe economic depression for which the foreign rulers, the patrons of Ribera, were naturally blamed, and the desperate citizenry was rioting in the streets. It is significant that Ribera continued to receive commissions in such a time, even if there was a dearth of payments. Ribera was inventive in subject matter, ranging through visionary spectacles, biblical themes, genre, portraits, mythological subjects, and portraits of ascetics and penitents.


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Jose de Ribera Mystische Hochzeit der Hl. Karharina von Alexandrien, Detail oil


Mystische Hochzeit der Hl. Karharina von Alexandrien, Detail
Painting ID::  75242
Mystische Hochzeit der Hl. Karharina von Alexandrien, Detail
1648(1648) Oil on canvas cjr
1648(1648) _ _Oil_on_canvas _ cjr
   
   
     

Jose de Ribera Mystische Hochzeit der Hl oil


Mystische Hochzeit der Hl
Painting ID::  77061
Mystische Hochzeit der Hl
1648(1648) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
1648(1648) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ cyf
   
   
     

Jose de Ribera Die Bubende Hl. Maria Magdalena als Thais, Fragment oil


Die Bubende Hl. Maria Magdalena als Thais, Fragment
Painting ID::  80081
Die Bubende Hl. Maria Magdalena als Thais, Fragment
c. 1641 Oil on canvas 181 x 195 cm cjr
c._1641_ Oil_on_canvas _ 181_x_195_cm_ cjr
   
   
     

Jose de Ribera Mystische Hochzeit der Hl. Katharina von Alexandrien, Desposorios misticos de Santa Catalina de Alejandria. oil


Mystische Hochzeit der Hl. Katharina von Alexandrien, Desposorios misticos de Santa Catalina de Alejandria.
Painting ID::  80659
Mystische Hochzeit der Hl. Katharina von Alexandrien, Desposorios misticos de Santa Catalina de Alejandria.
Date 1648(1648) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Deutsch: 209 x 154 cm cjr
   
   
     

Jose de Ribera St Jerome oil


St Jerome
Painting ID::  81496
St Jerome
Date 1646(1646) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 146 x 198 cm (57.5 x 78 in) cjr
   
   
     

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     Spanish Painter and Print engraver , 1591-1652 Information concerning the life and personality of Jusepe de Ribera is sparse. He was born the son of a shoemaker in Jetiva, Valencia Province. He appears to have gone to the city of Valencia while still a boy, but nothing is known of his possible artistic training there. As an adolescent, he traveled to Italy and spent time in Lombardy. Next he was in Parma, from which, it is said, he was driven by the contentious jealousy of local artists. He located himself in Rome until an accumulation of debts forced him to flee. Finally he settled in Naples, where in 1616 he married Caterina Azzolino, the daughter of a painter, by whom he had seven children between the years 1627 and 1636. The Academy of St. Luke in Rome elected Ribera to membership in 1625, and 6 years later the Pope conferred upon him the Order of Christ. It is understandably speculated that Ribera revisited Rome for these events. Being sought after in Naples by the Church and the various Spanish viceroys who ruled there in the name of the Spanish monarchy, he dismissed the idea of returning to his homeland. He was quoted as saying that he was honored and well paid in Naples and that Spain was a cruel stepmother to its own children and a compassionate mother to foreigners. Nevertheless, he generally added his nationality when he signed his works. This practice inspired the Italians to nickname him "the Little Spaniard" (Lo Spagnoletto). The last decade of Ribera's life was one of personal struggle. He suffered from failing health, the taunts of other artists that his fame was "extinct," and difficulty in collecting payments due him. Nevertheless, he kept it from being a tragic defeat by continuing to paint until the very year of his death in Naples. Actually, he was the victim of the local politics and finances. Naples was in the throes of a severe economic depression for which the foreign rulers, the patrons of Ribera, were naturally blamed, and the desperate citizenry was rioting in the streets. It is significant that Ribera continued to receive commissions in such a time, even if there was a dearth of payments. Ribera was inventive in subject matter, ranging through visionary spectacles, biblical themes, genre, portraits, mythological subjects, and portraits of ascetics and penitents.

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