Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish, c. 1590-1652

1964

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Delphic Arts

Publisher

This artwork shows a sketched portrait of a man with only a portion of his face visible. The subject's head is slightly turned to the side. The sketch highlights his facial features, including intense eyes, a mustache, and a faint outline of a beard. He has long hair framing his face and falling past his shoulders. The details of his clothing are not clear, as the focus is on his face and hair. There are no visible accessories or objects. The background is a plain, empty canvas.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.09 × 36.83 cm (17 3/4 × 14 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 75.88 × 56.52 cm (29 7/8 × 22 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.63

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 477

  • Portfolio Title

    Portraits of Ten Artists

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jay Finkel, Washington, DC; acquired 2013 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

  • Fern, Alan, and Judith O'Sullivan. The Complete Prints of Leonard Baskin: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1948-1983. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1984, no. 477.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Ribera; lower center in graphite: artist's proof; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005519

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