How Ribera Used Baroque Style In A Greek Sage, 1630

The Spanish, like Jusepe de Ribera, did not find themselves in Italy by accident, rather for design. In the 16th and 17th Century, for example, The Spanish focused on the political realities of Italy and focused on the Spanish imperial domination of Italy’s formal and informal states, but also focused on globalizing the artistic styles that had become so popular during this time. Spanish Baroque artist Jusepe de Ribera is most known for his later works, such as A Greek Sage, ca. 1630, and is accredited as one of few that transitioned the Baroque style into Spanish art. In this essay we will discuss little of exact examples of how Ribera used Baroque style in A Greek Sage, ca. 1630, but we will discuss overall the life of Ribera and how the time period in which he lived was extraordinarily important in his success in the arts. …show more content…
The earliest interpretations of young Ribera’s life are relatively ambiguous, though there is evidence he travelled to Italy. Although Ribera found himself in Italy, he most times signed his works “Ribera the Valencian,” or “Jusepe de Ribera, Spaniard,” and upon his return to Spain in 1610, Ribera imported the Baroque style into his homeland. A year later in June of 1611, Ribera was paid by the Confraternity of San Martina of the Church of San Prospero in Parma, where he worked for Duke Ranuccio Maria Farnese on Saint Martin Sharing His Cloak with a Beggar -- a piece that has been lost over