Thursday, November 20, 2014

The Bearded Woman by Ribera

This painting was made by Ribera in 1631. It formed part of the Foundation Marries Ducal of Medinaceli and actually is conserved in the hospital of Tavera in Toledo. It was made in oleo with the dimensions of 196x127 centimetres.

With respect to the festures in painting of the Baroque art this picture has almost all: painted in oil, colour over drawing, use of warm colours,contract with light and shadow, realism and complex compositions.

In this picture the woman was giving the baby of sucking. And the woman´s husband was behind them. There were some headstone that have written a large incription that was entitled "The great miracle of the nature" but in latin.

In this picture we can see a woman, Magdalena Ventura, and her husband. Magdalena was invited to the royal palace of Naples by Fernando Afán de Ribera and Téllez-Girón, duque of Alcala and viceroy of Naples, when he known her existence to be portrayed. It was made in five days and we know its date because the ambassador of Venice describe his visit to this palace in a letter the 11 of February of 1631 during the picture was making up.



This painting was made by José de Ribera who was born in Játiva in Spain. He was a Spanish painter who was developed his life and degree in Italy especially in Naples. His other name was "Giuseppe Ribera" and his nickname was "Lo Spagnoletto".


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1 comment:

Paqui Pérez Fons said...

Hello,

These are my comments and corrections to your text:

This painting was made by Ribera in 1631. It formed part of the Foundation of the House of the Duke of Medinaceli and is currently preserved in the hospital of Tavera in Toledo. It was made on oil on canvas and its dimensions are 196x127 centimetres.

With respect to the features in painting of the Baroque art this picture has almost all: painted on oil, colour over drawing, use of warm colours, contrast between light and shadow, realism and complex compositions.


In this picture the woman is suckling the baby. And the woman´s husband is standing behind them. There are some headstones with a large inscription (that was) entitled "The great miracle of the nature" but in Latin.

In this picture we can see a woman, Magdalena Ventura, and her husband. Magdalena was invited to the royal palace of Naples by Fernando Afán de Ribera and Téllez-Girón, duke of Alcalá and viceroy of Naples, when he knew about her existence ,to be portrayed. The painting was made in five days and we know its date because the ambassador of Venice described his visit to this palace in a letter the 11 of February of 1631 during whichthe picture was being mede.

This painting was made by José de Ribera who was born in Játiva in Spain. He was a Spanish painter who (was) developed his life and career in Italy especially in Naples. His other name was "Giuseppe Ribera" and his nickname was "Lo Spagnoletto".

To find the information I used the following sources:
You should have talked about the preference for dwarfs and handicapped the kings and nobles had, like all the jester painted by Velázquez. And one more time, don’t change the font, please.

Your mark is 7.