Atrributed to Jusepe de Ribera or Pupil
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Atrributed to Jusepe de Ribera or Pupil

The Lamentation (B. 1; Br. 17)

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Atrributed to Jusepe de Ribera or Pupil
The Lamentation (B. 1; Br. 17)
etching, before 1624, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a Circle, a very good impression of the second, final state, printing with wiping marks and light tone, trimmed on or just within the platemark, generally in very good condition
S. 194 x 255mm.
Provenance
Private European collection, then by descent to the present owners.
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Lot Essay

Brown considers the attribution of this etching, which has traditionally been associated with Ribera's painting of the subject in the National Gallery, London, as the most problematic and states that 'until very recently, it was almost universally accepted as an authentic work.' Mainly on stylistic grounds, but also due to the compositional differences between the London painting and the etching, Brown himself does not consider the print to be by the artist himself, but by one of his pupils. It could however be argued that, if a pupil had made the print after the painting, he certainly would have copied his master's composition as closely as possible, rather than change it.

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