Large Grotesque Head
Large Grotesque Head

Currently not on view

Large Grotesque Head,

ca. 1622

Jusepe de Ribera, 1591–1652; born Xàtiva, Spain; died Naples, Italy; active Naples and Rome, Italy
2017-162

Information

Title
Large Grotesque Head
Dates

ca. 1622

Maker
Jusepe de Ribera
Medium
Etching with engraving
Dimensions
sheet trimmed to plate: 21.5 × 14.1 cm (8 7/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Felton Gibbons Fund and Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2017-162
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Naples

Inscription
Inscribed in plate, lower left: JR a hispanus
Marks/Labels/Seals
Watermark: Single encircled fleur-de-lys
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 9; Brown 1973, no. 11, I/II; Brown 1989, no. 11.
Culture
Spanish, European
Type
engravings, etchings, prints
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
engraving (printing process), etching (printing process)
Subject
heads, grotesques, men

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