. The table book of art; a history of art in all countries and ages . rancisco was born at Castellonde la Plana in 1551. He learned his art first at Valencia, but subsequently perfectedhis style by studying the great masterpieces in Italy, especially Raphael and theCarracci. On his return to Spain, Ribalta was much honoured and patronized, andhis works have since been highly praised. His pictures are chiefly to be seen inValencia, and rarely to be met with out of Spain. Sir W. Stirling says, His bestpictures are remarkable for grandeur andfreedom of drawing, and for the good tastein compositio
. The table book of art; a history of art in all countries and ages . rancisco was born at Castellonde la Plana in 1551. He learned his art first at Valencia, but subsequently perfectedhis style by studying the great masterpieces in Italy, especially Raphael and theCarracci. On his return to Spain, Ribalta was much honoured and patronized, andhis works have since been highly praised. His pictures are chiefly to be seen inValencia, and rarely to be met with out of Spain. Sir W. Stirling says, His bestpictures are remarkable for grandeur andfreedom of drawing, and for the good tastein composition, and the knowledge of anatomy which they display. A picture ofChiist bearing the Cross in Magdalene College, Oxford, formerly attributed toMorales, is said to be by one of the Ribaltas. The artist died at Valencia in1628. Juan de Ribalta, the son of the preceding artist, was born at Valencia in painted, at the early age of eighteen, a most praiseworthy composition represent-ing the Crucifixion, which is now in the Museum of Valencia. There is no doubt but. RIBERA. 95 that if Juan de Ribalta had lived to maturity he would have been an excellent died soon after his father in 1628, only thirty-one years old. In the Museum atMadrid may be found the Four Evangelists, a Dead Christ, sustained by angels, and aSt. Francis of Assist, whom an angel is consoling and filling with holy ecstasy byplaying on his celestial lute; but it is not specified to which of the two Ribaltas thesecompositions belong. Josef de Ribera was born at Xativa in 1589. When quite young, he was thepupil of Francisco Ribalta and a fellow-student with Juan. It is said that in the beginning of the seventeenth century a cardinal, passingthrough the streets of Rome in his carriage, perceived a young man, scarcely beyondchildhood, who though clothed in rags, and having by his side a few crusts of breadgiven him out of charity, was yet with profound attention drawing the frescoes on thefacade of a pal
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