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Description: | This is not a depiction of St Jerome as previously believed but an image of St Francis of Assisi, traditionally depicted wearing the simple friar's habit he intorduced as part of the Franciscan Order's devotion to poverty. Jusepe de Ribera, known as 'Spagnoletto', the little Spaniard, was a Spanish artist active in Italy. He began to study art in Valencia but travelled to Italy before 1611. He settled in Naples and became a court painter there. He is noted for the often gruesome realism with which he treated religious and mythological subjects, such as the martyrdom of the saints, as well as portraits. Later works were calmer and more subtle. | Subjects: | religion (St Jerome) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Ribera, Jusepe de (Spanish painter and printmaker, baptized in 1591, died 1652, active in Italy) Æ Attributed to manner of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8393... | Go to resource |
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