LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

76.18 in. (193.50 cm.) (height) by 61.22 in. (155.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed lower right: Josephf...Ribera yspanus

Exhibited:

London, Matthiesen, Fine Art Gallery, Around 1610: The Onset of Baroque, June 14-August 16, 1985, no. 30; Naples, Castle of San Martino, Jusepe de Ribera, February 27-May 17, 1992, no. 1.42.

Literature:

N. Spinosa, Ribera. L'opera completa, Milan 1978, p. 102; J. Brown, 'Un Ribera enderezado', in Archivo Español de Arte, nos. 205-208, LII, 1979, pp. 174-8; N. Spinosa, 'Un San Francesco inedito nel Palazzo del Pardo e alcune considerazioni sul catalogo dei dipinti del Ribera', in Scritti di Storia dell'Arte in Onore di Federico Zeri", 1984, vol. II, pp. 588-99, figs. 581, 582, as datable to circa 1632; Matthiesen Fine Art, Ltd., Around 1610: The Onset of Baroque, exhibition catalogue, London 1985, no. 30, pp. 103-105. C. Felton, "Ribera's Hercules Resting' Rediscovered", in Apollo, June 1990, pp. 374-381, as datable to 1622-24 and the earliest known classical subject by Ribera;. A.E. Perez Sanchez Jusepe de Ribera; 1591-1652, exhibition catalogue, Naples 1992, no. 1.42, pp. 184, 186, 421; C. Felton, 'Out of the Shadows: Jusepe Ribera', in Apollo, 136, 1992, no. 367, p. 140-146; R. Cohen, ' Jusepe de Ribera: an alternative view of his origins, apprenticeship, and early works', in Storia dell'Arte, vol. 85, 1995, pp. 445-458; N. Spinosa, Ribera. L'opera completa, Naples 2003, p. 287, no. A124.

Provenance:

Probably Quintin Craufurd (1743-1819); Probably his sale, London, Christie's, 27 January 1786, lot 92 ('Jusepe de Ribera, Prometheus large and capital'); Armand François Louis de Mestral de St. Saphorin (1738 - 1805); His deceased sale, Vienna, J.V. Degen, 19 May 1806, lot 264; Private collection, Milan, 1979; With Matthiesen Fine Art, London; With Eugene Victor Thaw, New York, from whom acquired by the present owner.