FJK 034
De Ribera Jusepe (called Lo Spagnoletto) (Spanish, Játiva 1591–1652 Naples)
Sheet of Studies: Two Roman Soldiers, one Seated, the Other Standing and Pointing and a Head
ca. 1630-1640
6 11/32 × 6 29/64 in. (161 × 164 mm)
Medium
Pen and brown ink on watermark paper
Origin
Private Collection
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, July 9, 2008, no. 110
Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco, JK 6820
Jan Krugier Foundation
Bibliography
FINALDI Gabriele, “Dibujos inéditos y otros poco conocidos de Jusepe de Ribera,” in Boletín del Museo del Prado, 2005, vol. XXIII, p. 36, no. 41, fig. 21, p. 37.
Notes
Gabriele Finaldi dates this drawing on stylistic grounds to the 1630s, when Ribera’s pen style becomes more schematic and less fluid. He suggests it might have been made in connection with a painting such as the Martyrdom of St. Philip (1639, Madrid, Prado) in which similarly posed soldiers appear.
Sotheby’s, Old Master Drawings, London July 2008
Request for information/loan
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