Nov 02, 2017 - Sale 2460

Sale 2460 - Lot 85

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
JUSEPE DE RIBERA
Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment.

Etching, 1621. 315x237 mm; 12 3/8x9 3/8 inches. First state (of 5). A superb, richly-inked, early impression with all the fine details distinct, with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. With thread margins outside the border line.

St. Jerome was the favorite subject of Ribera (1591-1652) who was born near Valencia, Spain, but produced most of his mature work, from the 1620s onward, in and around Naples (which was then part of the Spainish Empire). Bartsch 4.