Spanish by birth, Neapolitan by adoption and Caravaggesco by free choice.
The lesson of the Milanese master violently enters the painting of Jusepe de Ribera, who in 1616 arrives in Naples after traveling around Italy.
We all know San Girolamo and his vulgate, but de Ribera focuses on his old woman and his words, his face is terrified.
An angel, like many in the history of art, is suspended in the dark. A trumpet sounds. It is the hour of the Last Judgment.
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