The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

1624

Jusepe de Ribera

Associated Names
Jusepe de Ribera

Artist, Spanish, 1591 - 1652

The image shows a man seated on the ground, with his arms tied to a tree behind him. He is nude except for a cloth around his waist. There are other figures around him, one interacting with him and another bent over. The background includes trees, rocky terrain, a cloudy sky, distant hills or mountains, and some architectural elements.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 32.5 × 24.7 cm (12 13/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1973.56.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Brown 1973, no. 12, State i?/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1973

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

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at center: Dedico mis obras y esta estampa al Serenis:[i]mo Principe Philiberto mi Señor / en Napoles año 1624; in plate, below image, at right: Jusepe de Riuera spañol.

Watermarks

to be identified

Wikidata ID

Q65573247

You may be interested in

Loading Results