Lot 440
  • 440

Studio of Jusepe de Ribera, called Lo Spagnoletto

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Jusepe de Ribera, called Lo Spagnoletto
  • Penitent Saint Peter
  • oil on canvas
  • 28 1/2 by 22 in.; 72.4 by 55.9 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, Italy;
Private Collection, Canada;
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Condition

The canvas is lined. The surface of the work is in overall good condition. There is pressed, finite craquelure throughout. Under UV; inpainting around the figure. Masking varnish.
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Catalogue Note

This work is a studio version after the signed autograph painting, today in the Soumaya Museum, Mexico. (see N. Spinosa, Ribera: L'opera completa, Naples, 2003, p. 276, no. A79)