The Poet, c. 1620-1621
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The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916expand_more P.463
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The leading figure of Neapolitan painting, Jusepe de Ribera also had an intense but short-lived fascination with etching. This poet-possibly Virgil or Dante-strikes the familiar pose of the brooding, melancholy figure: head on hand, shadowed face, pensive expression. Such individuals were believed capable of almost divine brilliance but at the same time were sadly bound by their earthly limitations, a weight symbolized by the stone on which the poet leans. Many of Ribera's eighteen etchings are related to oil paintings, but The Poet stands alone, without a precedent.
Details
- Title
- The Poet
- Artist Life
- Spanish (active in Italy), 1591-1652
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.463
- Provenance
- Pierre Mariette, 1688 (see L.1787); John Barnard (L.1419); St. John Dent (L.2373); William M. Ladd, Portland, Ore.; sold to Jones 1916; Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 1916.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Bartsch 10; Brown 3
- Curator Approved
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