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Ribera’s philosophers from the Alcalá collection

06/2025 | 1467 | 167

Pages: 552–563

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Author:

Vernejoul, Florent de (Vernejoul, Florent de)

Subjects

artists:

Ribera, Jusepe de

collectors and dealers:

Alcalá de los Gazules, 3rd Duke, Fernando Afán Enríquez de Ribera,

collectors and dealers:

Balbi, Costantino / Balbi (Junior -1748–1823), Costantino

museums and institutions:

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States / Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

subjects:

Philosophers / Versions / Signatures / Iconography

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Philosopher with an open book, or Euclid, by Jusepe de Ribera. c.1630. Oil on canvas, 125 by 92 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

10. Detail of Fig.7, showing Ribera’s signature.

Attributed works:

11. Apollonius of Perga, by Jusepe de Ribera. 1612–14. Oil on canvas, 100 by 75.5 cm. (Private collection).

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2. At the auction sale of the Aguado collection, 1843. From L’Illustration, Journal universel (1st April 1843, p.68; private collection).

Attributed works:

3. Philosopher with a staff, here identified as Dioscorides, after Jusepe de Ribera. c.1625–31. Oil on canvas, 125 by 92 cm. (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney).

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4. Detail of Fig.2, showing the position of the two Ribera paintings.

Attributed works:

5. Philosopher with a staff, here identified as Dioscorides, by Jusepe de Ribera. c.1630. Oil on canvas, 123 by 92 cm. (Private collection; photograph Christophe Janet).

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6. Apollo and Marsyas, by Jusepe de Ribera. 1637. Oil on canvas, 202 by 256 cm. (Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels)

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7. Drunken Silenus, by Jusepe de Ribera. 1626. Oil on canvas, 185 by 229 cm. (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples).

Attributed works:

8. Detail of Fig.1, showing Ribera’s signature.

Attributed works:

9. Detail of Fig.6, showing Ribera’s signature.

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