A history of with a preface by Frank Brangwyn . balta had taught him to paint always from theliving model, had developed in him the painting of stronglight and shade, the haunting resonance and eloquence ofshadows, and the dramatic contrast that deep backgroundsyield to sharp lights. Ribera came to a Rome that wastalking of these things—of the vital significance of Natureand of the personal vision. But Rome held world-famed masterpieces. He wentand studied them all—Raphael, Annibale Carracci, eventrudged it to Parma and Modena and studied came back to Rome more than ev
A history of with a preface by Frank Brangwyn . balta had taught him to paint always from theliving model, had developed in him the painting of stronglight and shade, the haunting resonance and eloquence ofshadows, and the dramatic contrast that deep backgroundsyield to sharp lights. Ribera came to a Rome that wastalking of these things—of the vital significance of Natureand of the personal vision. But Rome held world-famed masterpieces. He wentand studied them all—Raphael, Annibale Carracci, eventrudged it to Parma and Modena and studied came back to Rome more than ever in love with thenew revelation of Caravaggio. Caravaggio died in 1609,the young fellows twenty-first year, and had been sometime absent from Rome. It was some time before 1615that Ribera had come back to Rome from Parma, and wassoon the centre of a group of young artists ; but, whetherhe feared he might fall into Italianisms, or from some 138 XTT RIBER A1588- 1656 SCHOOL OF THE TENEBROSI OR NATURALISTSOF VALENCIA THE BOY WITH THE CLUB FOOT (Louvre). OF PAINTING quarrel, he soon thereafter (1615) betook himself to Naples WHEREINwhich was to be his home for the great years of his life, SPAINand in which he was to die. It must be remembered that FINDSNaples was now an appanage of Spain. HERSELF Yet his entry into Spanish Naples was no trudged into the city on foot, a poor student his Spanish cloak he had to leave at his inn inpayment of his nights lodging. But he got him to hispaints as though fortune had come to him, living as besthe could, from hand to mouth, in the streets of , his meagre days were near at an end. As outof the blue came fortune to him. A picture-dealer of theplace, a rich man with the seeing eye, saw the youngfellows genius, took him into his home, and almostforthwith married him to his daughter, for he saw thatin all Italy was no such art as this young Spaniard wascreating, and he knew the price of such. The astute man
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