
Penitent Saint Peter
Jusepe de Ribera · c. 1630
Provenance
Ownership history
- Sir Stephenson Clarke, Northumberland (d. 1891; recorded in 1891 inventory); by descent to heirs of Robert Clarke; bought by Matthiesen, London; sold to the Art Institute, 1992.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Naples, Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Jusepe de Ribera, 1591–1652, February 27-May 17, 1992, no. 30.
- Madrid, Museo del Prado, Jusepe de Ribera, 1591–1652, July 2-August 16, 1992, no. 27.
- New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jusepe de Ribera, 1591–1652, September 18-November 29, 1992, no. 21.
Literature
Published references
- William B. Jordan, review of Jusepe de Ribera, 1591–1652, in Burlington Magazine, 134 (1992), p. 625.
- Paul Jeromack, “Panorama del collezionismo pubblico nell’America del Nord, 1990–1995,” Pittura italiana antica: artisti e opere del Seicento e del Settecento, Milan, 1995, p. 58.
- Victor I. Stoichita, Visionary Experience in the Golden Age of Spanish Art, London, 1995, pp. 155 (ill.), 170-71.
- Ferdinando Bologna, “Per Giovanni Ricca; con qualche aggiunta a Enrico Fiammingo, al Monrealese e a Gian Giacomo Manecchia,” Scritti in memoria di Raffaello Causa, Naples, 1996, pp. 15, 36 n. 32.
- Nicola Spinosa, Ribera, Naples, 2003, pp. 107, 238 n. 77, 272, no. A67 (ill.).
- Martha Wolff, “Saint Peter Penitent,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 30, 1, 2004, pp. 58-59 (color ills.).
- Nicola Spinosa, Ribera, Naples, 2006 (revised from 2003 1st ed.), pp. 107, 238, 292, no. A80 (ill.)
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