Jusepe de Ribera

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