All the oil paintings of RIBALTA, Francisco

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ID	Image	Painting(From A to Z)	Details
62317		Adoration of the Shepherds	15 x 29,5 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao This small painting was painted on a copper plate used for engraving, the back side of the plate shows an engraving of the Sermon of St Luis Beltr?n. The attribution to Juan Ribalta is debated, Francisco Ribalta and Pedro Orrente are also mentioned in the literature as possible author
8904		Christ Embracing St Bernard xfgh	Oil on canvas, 158 x 133 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
28548		Christ Embracing St.Bernard	mk61 Oil on canvas 158x113cm
32883		Christ Embracing St.Bernard	mk84 1625-27 Madrid Prado,canvas 158x113cm
56055		christ embracing st.bernard	mk247 1625 to 27,oil on canvas,62.25x44.5 in,158x113 cm,museo del prado ,madrid,spain
29173		Christ Nailed to the Cross	mk65 1582 Oil on canvas 57x41"
8905		St Francis Comforted by an Angel	Oil on canvas, 204 x 158 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
29195		St.Vincent in a Dungeon	mk65 Oil on canvas 104x70"

RIBALTA, Francisco
Spanish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1565-1628 He was the most distinguished artist working in Valencia in the early 17th century. His move towards naturalism at an early date was significant for the history of Spanish painting as well as being very influential. His documented mature works after about 1620 show a change of vision, and they are also of the highest quality. The religious paintings are depicted with more pronounced realism, and his deeply felt spiritual belief is expressed in a direct and very immediate way. In 1607 Ribalta supported other leading Valencian painters in a move to form the Colegio de Pintores (College of Painters) to safeguard the interests of the profession. The expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609 and the death in 1611 of the Patriarch Archbishop Juan de Ribera, Ribalta's most important patron, led to an economic crisis and spiritual void in Valencia that had an effect on his activity, since thereafter commissions came more rarely, and his work became more introspective. During 1616 and 1617 the idea of forming the Colegio de Pintores was revived, and Ribalta took an active role in the management and signed the petition to Philip III seeking support for the Colegio.