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Christ Embracing St Bernard xfgh Painting ID:: 8904
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RIBALTA, Francisco Christ Embracing St Bernard xfgh Oil on canvas, 158 x 133 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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St Francis Comforted by an Angel Painting ID:: 8905
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RIBALTA, Francisco St Francis Comforted by an Angel Oil on canvas, 204 x 158 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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Christ Embracing St.Bernard Painting ID:: 28548
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RIBALTA, Francisco Christ Embracing St.Bernard mk61
Oil on canvas
158x113cm
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Christ Nailed to the Cross Painting ID:: 29173
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RIBALTA, Francisco Christ Nailed to the Cross mk65
1582
Oil on canvas
57x41"
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St.Vincent in a Dungeon Painting ID:: 29195
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RIBALTA, Francisco St.Vincent in a Dungeon mk65
Oil on canvas
104x70"
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RIBALTA, Francisco
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Spanish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1565-1628
He was the most distinguished artist working in Valencia in the early 17th century. His move towards naturalism at an early date was significant for the history of Spanish painting as well as being very influential. His documented mature works after about 1620 show a change of vision, and they are also of the highest quality. The religious paintings are depicted with more pronounced realism, and his deeply felt spiritual belief is expressed in a direct and very immediate way. In 1607 Ribalta supported other leading Valencian painters in a move to form the Colegio de Pintores (College of Painters) to safeguard the interests of the profession. The expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609 and the death in 1611 of the Patriarch Archbishop Juan de Ribera, Ribalta's most important patron, led to an economic crisis and spiritual void in Valencia that had an effect on his activity, since thereafter commissions came more rarely, and his work became more introspective. During 1616 and 1617 the idea of forming the Colegio de Pintores was revived, and Ribalta took an active role in the management and signed the petition to Philip III seeking support for the Colegio. |
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