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Description: | St. Andrew is depicted half-length, against a dark background with an X-shaped cross, his instrument of martyrdom. His right hand touches a fish, signifying his role as the patron saint of fishermen. Head slightly turned to one side and tilted backward, and eyes looking upwards express distress. The figure is strongly lit from upper left, exposing signs of age and suffering, such as the bony area around neck, saggy skin, a wrinkled face with greying beard. This may be by Ribera, a Spaniard working in Naples from 1616. He frequently painted hermits, anchorites or prophets in a similar caravaggesque manner. | Subjects: | religion (St Andrew) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Ribera, Jusepe de (Spanish painter and printmaker, baptized in 1591, died 1652, active in Italy) Æ School of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8509... | Go to resource |
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