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Description: | This small canvas, shows the head of an old man, finely painted, conveying a great expressiveness. His features, especially his long grey beard and wrinkles, combined with the brush strokes have led scholars to suggest that the old man may be one of the apostles from the sets of apostles produced by Ribera. The facial features of the old man and the colours of his garments - the combination of dark and light brown gowns - suggest that this could be St Peter. | Subjects: | figure; religion (St Jerome?; St Peter?) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Ribera, Jusepe de (Spanish painter and printmaker, baptized in 1591, died 1652, active in Italy) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8444... | Go to resource |
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