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Holy Family with St. Catherine by Jusepe de Ribera

Holy Family with St. Catherine by Jusepe de Ribera

Born in Spain, Husepe de Ribera lived most of his life in Italy, first working in Rome and then at the Neapolitan royal court. His work was strongly influenced by the painting of Caravaggio, with its contrasts of light and shadow, as well as characters, as if coming from the street, but at the same time full of grandeur and natural beauty.

The scene of the engagement of St. Catherine with Christ depicted in this picture is illuminated by a bright flash of light snatching the main characters from the semi-darkness.

Such a technique, like draperies that lie in large, loose folds, gives the work a hint of theatricalization, to which baroque painters were inclined. And at the same time, this work is filled with lively human emotions: the Mother of God gently and anxiously bowed her head to the Infant, St. Catherine, with spiritual trembling, kisses His hand. The faces of St. Catherine and the Mother of God, as well as their movements, are beautiful and tender, but at the same time reserved. Severity and sentimentality were distinctive features of the work of most Spanish artists of the time.

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