#jose de ribera
Copy of Jusepe de Ribera or Jose de Ribera, also called Lo Spagnoleto (Xativa, Spain 1591 - 1652 Naples, Italy), The Philosopher with Mirror, 1652, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Tenebrism
José de Ribera (1591-1652), Spanish painter and engraver.
Belonging to the Baroque era, this artist will be one of the leaders of Tenebrism, few decades after the Caravaggio and his chiaroscuro. He will paint many religious paintings in this heavy atmosphere, and consequently his works remains really impressive today.
(Oil paintings details. The pictures show, in order: The Trinity, after 1935 ; Touch, circa 1630 ; The Penitent Magdalen, between 1609 and 1611 ; Ecce homo, circa 1620 ; St. Peter and St. Paul, circa 1616 ; St. Simeon with the Christ child, 1647 ; St. Sebastian cured by the Holy Women, 1621 ; St. Bartholomew, 1751 ; Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, between 1620 and 1624 ; and, finally, St. Francis of Assisi, 1643)
