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Ribera: Art of Violence, at the Dulwich Picture Gallery is an extraordinary show as it is the first time that the artist’s work has been displayed in the UK and the first time the theme of violence is explored in his art.
Make the most of this rare opportunity to see the work of the Spanish Baroque artist and printmaker, Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652). Ribera was born in Játiva, Valencia, but spent most of his career in Naples, Italy. He is believed to have influenced and inspired many renowned Neapolitan artists, including Salvator Rosa and Caravaggio.
By concentrating on the theme of violence, the gallery hopes to force their visitors to see beyond the initial shock of the images and to discover the “complex artistic, religious and cultural engagement in the depiction of bodily suffering”. Human suffering, as found in Ribera’s work, was often depicted during the Catholic Counter-Reformation, and can therefore be seen as an engagement with his time.
Dulwich Picture Gallery:
Gallery Road, London, SE21 7AD
Opening Times:
Tuesday – Sunday 10.00-17.00
Jusepe de Ribera, Apollo and Marsyas, 1637, Oil on canvas, 182 x 232 cm, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples. Photo: Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte on kind concession from the "Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo".
J usepe de Ribera , Saint Sebastian , 1620 - 22 , Pen and brown ink , 24.8 x 1 4.8 cm , Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford , Oxford . © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford .
Jusepe de Ribera, Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, 1644, Oil on canvas, 202 x 153 cm, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona. Photo: Mnac, Calveras/Mérida/Sagristà. ©Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2018.
Jusepe de Ribera, Studies of the Nose and Mouth, c.1622, Etching, 14 x 21.6 cm, The British Museum, London. ©The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.
- Monday:
- Closed
- Tuesday:
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10:00 - 17:00
- Wednesday:
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10:00 - 17:00
- Thursday:
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10:00 - 17:00
- Friday:
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10:00 - 17:00
- Saturday:
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10:00 - 17:00
- Sunday:
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10:00 - 17:00