Head of a Man
Jusepe de Ribera
early 1620s
Medium
red chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 24 × 17.5 cm (9 7/16 × 6 7/8 in.) mount: 30.5 × 24.4 cm (12 × 9 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1984.41.1
About the Artist
Jusepe de Ribera · 1590–1652
Ribera is considered one of the most important figures in European painting in the 17th century and the Counter-Reformation. He was Spanish, but spent nearly his entire career in Italy. He was initially influenced by followers of Caravaggio who were active in Rome; he later incorporated stylistic innovations of Venice and Flanders in his own highly personal compositions.