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Jusepe de Ribera
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Fan account of Jusepe de Ribera, a Spanish Tenebrist painter and printmaker.
1591-1652
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St. Sebastian https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/st-sebastian-1651
St. Sebastian
December 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Saint Peter Penitent https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/249486
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The Martyrdom of St. Andrew https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/the-martyrdom-of-st-andrew-1628
The Martyrdom of St. Andrew
December 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Apollo and Marsyas https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/apollo-and-marsyas-1637
Apollo and Marsyas
December 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Adoration of the Shepherds https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336332
Rogers Fund, 1968
December 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Saint Francis of Paola https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/228169
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Lot M. Hamlin, Jr.
December 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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St. Andrew https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/st-andrew-1
St. Andrew
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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The Assumption of Mary Magdalene https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/the-assumption-of-mary-magdalene-1636
The Assumption of Mary Magdalene
December 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Apollo and Marsyas https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/apollo-and-marsyas-1637-1
Apollo and Marsyas
December 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Virgil https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.774
Virgil
December 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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The Lamentation https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/the-lamentation-1633
The Lamentation
December 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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St Paul the Hermit http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=18499&viewType=detailView
Paul of Thebaid was considered the first of the hermits of Egypt – men and women who, to escape persecution as Christians in the 3rd century, chose a life of solitude for the sake of contemplation and asceticism. According to tradition, Paul remained in the desert for almost ninety years, wearing only a garment of woven palm leaves and subsisting on fruit and bread. Edifying images of the hermits’ lives, expressing the value of penitence, were popular subjects in counter-reformation art. Ribera’s portrayal demonstrates a rare understanding of Caravaggio’s lesson. The depicted moment represents the story’s emotional climax, Paul’s ecstatic vision and mystic communion with God, symbolised by the light. The saint’s pose, with its reference to the crucified Christ, indicates his willingness to heed Christ’s call to follow him. His emaciated body is rendered with intransigent realism, every anatomical defect scrupulously transcribed. This stands in sharp contrast to the intense spirituality that radiates from his face. By working with a live model, the artist created an intensely human hero, a modern Saint Paul, and thus established an accessible role model for the faithful to emulate.
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Studies of Two Ears and of a Bat. Below, the motto: FULGET SEMPER VIRTUS https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336980
Rogers Fund, 1972
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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St. Simon https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/st-simon
St. Simon
December 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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St. Matthew with the angel https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/st-matthew-with-the-angel-1613
St. Matthew with the angel
December 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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St Bartholomew http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=18498&viewType=detailView
Bartholomew cured the possessed daughter of King Polemius. When the king converted to Christianity and arranged for the destruction of all idols, his brother gave orders to have the apostle flayed alive. Blood spurts from the martyr’s flayed arm as Ribera depicts real violence. The realistically rendered executioner, with a knife between his teeth, methodically carries out his duty. Blessed with a vision of God, the apostle spreads his arms in a gesture signalling identification with Christ.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The Deliverence of St. Peter from Prison https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/the-deliverence-of-st-peter-from-prison-1642
The Deliverence of St. Peter from Prison
December 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Drunken Silenus https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/drunken-silenus-1626
Drunken Silenus
December 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Portrait of a Knight of the Order of Santiago https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/portrait-of-a-knight-of-the-order-of-santiago-1640
Portrait of a Knight of the Order of Santiago
December 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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St. Onuphrius https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/st-onuphrius-1637
St. Onuphrius
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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St. Andrew https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/st-andrew-2
St. Andrew
December 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Virgin and Child on Crescent Moon with Putti https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336331
Rogers Fund, 1965
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Holy Family with St. Bruno, the Carthusian monks, saints who left St. Bernard of Siena, St. Bonaventure and St. Elias https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/holy-family-with-st-bruno-the-carthusian-monks-saints-who-left-st-bernard-of-siena-st
Holy Family with St. Bruno, the Carthusian monks, saints who left St. Bernard of Siena, St. Bonaventure and St. Elias
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Unidentified Scene: Figures Watching a Fallen Giant and Another Figure Levitating https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336981
Gift of Eric Wunsch, 1969
December 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Head of an Old Man https://www.wikiart.org/en/jusepe-de-ribera/head-of-an-old-man
Head of an Old Man
December 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM