Naples was a dangerous place to be in the 17th century, and it was no different for the brilliant artists who toiled in the Mediterranean city—in fact, they weren’t even safe from their illustrious ...

Jusepe de Ribera, “Apollo and Marsyas” (1637), oil on canvas, Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Quintavalle (all images courtesy the Meadows Museum unless otherwise noted) “All property should ...

The UK’s first show of the famously gruesome seventeenth century Spanish painter places his monumental works in historical context. Dulwich director Xavier Bray was behind the same gory, Spanish brand ...

Some time in 1606, Jusepe de Ribera, age 15, arrived in Rome from his native Valencia, Spain. Like many aspiring artists from across Europe, he came to refine his abilities—after some sort of ...

“Between Heaven and Hell: The Drawings of Jusepe de Ribera,” on exhibition at the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, presents what the museum calls “the most comprehensive presentation ...

“Extreme violence” will grace the quiet walls of London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery this month in the first major UK exhibition of the Spanish Baroque artist Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652). “These ...

According to some, Jusepe de Ribera enjoyed painting torture. A new exhibition seeks to challenge that view of the 17th-Century artist, writes Kelly Grovier. No artist has ever managed to put the pain ...

To celebrate her 100th birthday, the long-standing benefactor of Frankfurt’s Städel Museum, Dagmar Westberg, has donated Jusepe de Ribera’s St. James the Greater (ca. 1615/16) to the museum’s old ...

Art of Violence exhibition in Dulwich to explore depictions of torture and martyrdom by 17th-century Spanish artist A stomach-churning exhibition of tortured human bodies will open in London next year ...

According to some, Jusepe de Ribera enjoyed painting torture. A new exhibition seeks to challenge that view of the 17th-Century artist, writes Kelly Grovier. No artist has ever managed to put the pain ...