The Poet c.1620-21
Jusepe de Ribera
Spanish, 1591-1762
We think we are seeing a scholar, perhaps a reflection of our lives in the relatively sheltered world of the University. He is a serious thoughtful man about whom, in the absence of information, there has been much speculation by art historians. He has been variously identified as Virgil, Petrarch or Dante. The robe and laurel crown suggest he is ancient. He seems to be on the cups of an hypothesis.
-Jonathan Meakins
The Poet c.1620-21
Jusepe de Ribera
Spanish, 1591-1762
We think we are seeing a scholar, perhaps a reflection of our lives in the relatively sheltered world of the University. He is a serious thoughtful man about whom, in the absence of information, there has been much speculation by art historians. He has been variously identified as Virgil, Petrarch or Dante. The robe and laurel crown suggest he is ancient. He seems to be on the cups of an hypothesis.
-Jonathan Meakins