An unexpected source for Jusepe de Ribera

Author

Konečný, Lubomír

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Source : notes in the history of art. 1994, Num. 2, Vol. 13, 21-24, 1 ill.

ISSN

0737-4453

Abstract (en)

Argues that the drawing of a giant with a dwarf (New York, Metropolitan Museum) derives from a traditional scholastic metaphor that expressed the relationship between the generations by means of the image of dwarfs sitting or standing on the shoulders of giants, and thereby gaining a better view. Suggests that therefore the drawing was not made for the collector Niccoló Simonelli, whose name appears on the standard, but may have been made in connection with a scientific book or treatise.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Spain
• Ribera, Jusepe de (lo Spagnoletto), ca.1590-1652
• Drawing
• Italy
• Giant and Dwarf
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Espagne
• Dessin
• Italie
• Le Géant et le nain
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00348514

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