or Jusepe de Ribera
(baptized Feb. 17, 1591, Játiva, Spain
died Sept. 2, 1652, Naples) Spanish painter and printmaker.
Though born in Spain, where he is said to have trained under The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew (с 1630). In later works his modeling is softer, his colours are richer, and he demonstrates strong human sympathy, as in The Clubfooted Boy (1642). His etchings are among the finest produced in Italy and Spain in the {{link=Baroque period">Baroque period .