Small Grotesque Head

1622

Jusepe de Ribera

Associated Names
Jusepe de Ribera

Artist, Spanish, 1591 - 1652

The image is an etching depicting the profile of an older man from the shoulders up. He is facing right with his head slightly tilted upward. The man has distinct facial features, including deep-set eyes, a pronounced nose, and long lines around his mouth. His hair is tousled and held back with a cloth or band. He is wearing a textured garment with a visible collar or ruffle. There are no visible jewelry or objects in his hands. The background is plain. A signature and the date "1622" are etched at the bottom right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.4 x 11.1 cm (5 11/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 14.6 x 11.4 cm (5 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.26.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Brown 1973, no. 10, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 29 November 2002, no. 5231); (David Tunick, New York); purchased by NGA, 2003.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1973

  • Brown, Jonathan. Jusepe de Ribera: Prints and Drawings. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: SHP (in monogram) ABR (in monogram) / 1622; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: B. 8, F. Van Wyngarede (not deciphered) / (not deciphered) 1st st. very fine 7167

Markings

none

Watermarks

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