RIBERA, Jusepe de
(b. 1591, Játiva, d. 1652, Napoli)

St Jerome and the Angel

1621
Etching, 318 x 238 mm
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In the 1620s Ribera began to experiment with etching, he soon mastered. For Ribera, this medium was a sideline that did not long hold his interest; all but one of his eighteen prints were created between 1620 and 1630, in the hope of attracting new patrons.