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Saint Jerome reading, by Jusepe de Ribera

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An image of Saint Jerome reading. Saint Jerome in the wilderness, reading. Ribera, Jusepe de (lo Spagnoletto), (Spanish, 1591-1652). Etching, engraving, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, support mounted on all four corners onto backing sheet. Height, plate, 192 mm, width, plate, 255 mm, height, sheet, 193 mm, width, sheet, 258 mm, circa 1624. Notes: Only State. Etched c.1624, this is one of several religious prints by Ribera not linked to an existing painting. Inscription: monogram; image upper left; printed; A GR [GR reversed and superimposed]; Not Ribera's monogram, although present on all known impressions of the print. Alternative Numbers: Bartsch; 3. Illustrated Bartsch; 3. Brown (Ribera); 13.

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Saint Jerome reading. Saint Jerome in the wilderness, reading. Ribera, Jusepe de (lo Spagnoletto), (Spanish, 1591-1652). Etching, engraving, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, support mounted on all four corners onto backing sheet. Height, plate, 192 mm, width, plate, 255 mm, height, sheet, 193 mm, width, sheet, 258 mm, circa 1624. Notes: Only State. Etched c.1624, this is one of several religious prints by Ribera not linked to an existing painting. Inscription: monogram; image upper left; printed; A GR [GR reversed and superimposed]; Not Ribera's monogram, although present on all known impressions of the print. Alternative Numbers: Bartsch; 3. Illustrated Bartsch; 3. Brown (Ribera); 13.

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  • Accession Number: 24.I.2-79
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 774 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 241.97kB
  • Exposure time: 1/90
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2016:07:21 15:20:14

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