In the wake of Caravaggio, Jusepe de Ribera, a Spanish artist living in Italy, established himself as one of the most fascinating interpreters of life painting. A peerless artist in his ability to transcribe the almost tactile reality of individuals, flesh and objects, he translates the dignity of everyday life and human drama with overwhelming acuity.
Extremely radical, he favors raw realism, the violence of chiaroscuro and dramatic compositions. Like no other, he works the pictorial material to reveal an unprecedented roughness. His painting, at once brutal and poetic, offers an eminently personal interpretation of Caravaggio's revolution. The exhibition will also showcase the artist's graphic work, with numerous drawings and engravings, a rarity among the leading interpreters of Caravaggio. Recent discoveries have also enabled Ribera to expand his Roman corpus with a group of paintings previously attributed to the Master of the Judgment of Solomon, shedding new light on his early career. Ribera now stands out as one of the major interpreters of Caravaggesque painting, one of the earliest and most radical.
Curators
Annick Lemoine, Head Curator, Director of the Petit Palais
Maïté Metz, Curator of Painting and Ancient Graphic Arts, Petit Palais
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