Ribera in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of Americaorder of the trustees, 1926 - 19 pages |
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Page 15 - SAINT PAUL The three-quarter length figure of the saint is seen facing towards the front. He has black hair and eyes and a black beard. An ample red mantle covers the dark garment which he wears. In his left hand he holds a book, in his right a sword. The background is dark. This is evidently the same model who posed for the Saint Paul in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Mayer writes of this painting that it " . . . shows all the merits of Ribera 's art ; for it is careful in treatment, monumental, strong...
Page 6 - Naples, Philip the Fourth sent Don Juan of Austria to quell the disturbance. In 1648 Ribera did an etching of the victorious Don Juan which shows him mounted upon a charger on a hilltop while far below lies the fleet in the Bay of Naples. One of the daughters of the artist, it is not known which of the three, Margarita, Ana, or María Francisca, fell victim to the charms of the second Don Juan.
Page 5 - Martina and a canvas on the same subject in the National Gallery, London, for many years attributed to him. It has been recently identified as a Massimo Stanzioni. Luca Giordano is another artist who superficially resembles Ribera but whose work is essentially different.
Page 1 - José, refers to another Ribera. Before leaving Spain for Italy it is probable that the artist studied with Francisco Ribalta. He is said to have been influenced by Correggio and Caravaggio, and to Martinez in Rome he spoke of his admiration for Raphael.
Page 1 - Girón, duke of Osuna, who was then viceroy. Ribera received a commission from him to paint three frescoes on the life of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. These works which are now in the Church of Santa Trinita Maggiore (Gesù Nuovo), Naples, show plainly that they were executed at a very early date.
Page 13 - Baltic of Women are both of the same type as the Mary Magdalene of The Hispanic Society of America. With their long, curling, golden hair, large eyes, small mouths, and rounded figures they are as characteristic of Ribera as the more emaciated and spiritualized types. Oil on canvas. Height, 256.4 cm.
Page 2 - Painter of the Chamber, and it is well known that he was patronized by the successors of the Viceroy. He had married Catarina Azzolino in 1616. One of Ribera's earliest dated works is the Silenus Intoxicated (1626) in the Museo Nazionale, Naples. The word "partenope...
Page 18 - ALCAHALÍ Y DE MOSQUERA, José María Ruiz de Lihori y Pardines, barón de. Diccionario biográfico de artistas valencianos. Valencia, 1897.
Page 6 - Francisca, fell victim to the charms of the second Don Juan. Ribera was greatly distressed by this misfortune and sought refuge from the life of the court in a country house at Posillipo, near Naples. That he did not cease to paint is proved by his pictures of Paul as a Hermit (Madrid.
Page 19 - Varias obras maestras de Ribera, inéditas in Sociedad española de excursiones Boletín. March 1916. v. 24, p.