Allegories of the Five Senses is a series of early-17th-century paintings by the Spanish artist Jusepe de Ribera. One of the series (Hearing) has been lost and is known only through copies.
According to the art historian Giulio Mancini, a contemporary of the artist, their commissioner was Spanish but they were probably produced during Ribera's stay in Rome. Alfonso Pérez Sánchez dates their production to between 1611 and 1615.[1]
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(115 cm x 88 cm), private collection
References
[edit]- ^ Pérez Sánchez & Spinosa 1992, p. 60.
Bibliography
[edit]- Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E.; Spinosa, Nicola (1992). Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art Distributed by Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 0-87099-647-9. OCLC 26095483.
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