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Measurements: Height 133cm x Width 113cm
Joan Josep Ribera y Cucó1 (Játiva, Spain; February 17, 1591 - Naples, Italy; September 3, 1652), 2 known in Spanish as José de Ribera, was a 17th century Spanish painter, draftsman, and printmaker, who developed his entire career in Italy, initially in Rome and later in Naples. He was also known by his Italianized name Jusepe Ribera and by the nickname Lo Spagnoletto («El Españolito») due to his short stature and vindicating his origins, it being common for him to sign his works as Spanish, Valencian and Setabense, 3 or simply As spanish. Sometimes he did it using the Latin terminology «Josephus Ribera. Hispanus. Valentinus. Setaben. (or Civitatis Setabis) ?, to which he sometimes added? accademicus Romanus ?, and especially? Partenope ?, in reference to his place of residence.

He cultivated a naturalistic style that evolved from Caravaggios tenebrism to a more colorful and luminous aesthetic, influenced by Van Dyck and other masters. He contributed to forge the great Neapolitan school (Giovanni Lanfranco, Massimo Stanzione, Luca Giordano ...), who recognized him as his undisputed teacher; and his works, sent to Spain from an early date, influenced iconographic techniques and models for local painters, including Velázquez and Murillo. His engravings circulated throughout Europe and it is known that even Rembrandt knew them. A prolific and commercially successful author, his fame flourished during the emergence of realism in the 19th century; It was an essential reference for realists like Léon Bonnat. Some of his works were copied by painters from several centuries, such as Fragonard, Manet, Henri Matisse and Fortuny, among others.

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