Jusepe de Ribera
Spanish painter and printmaker
Years: 1591 - 1652
Jusepe de Ribera, probably an italianization of Josep de Ribera (January 12, 1591 – September 2, 1652) is a Spanish Tenebrist painter and printmaker, also known as José de Ribera in Spanish and as Giuseppe Ribera in Italian.
He is also called by his contemporaries and early writers Lo Spagnoletto, or "the Little Spaniard".
Ribera is a leading painter of the Spanish school, although his mature work is all done in Italy.
