Francisco Ribalta was one of the masters of the early Spanish Baroque. He was active in Valencia and was noted for his religious paintings of great mystical importance. This work is an altar painting from a disentailed Capuchin convent in Valencia. And how the exclaustrations led to the dispersion of works of art in public museums and private collections, shaped by the inheritance of the rich conventual legacy
Collection: Images
Project: 10. Churches and religions in Europe., 11. Science and culture as representation in Europe.
Chronology: XVII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on canvas (208 x 167 cm)
Source: Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia
Language: Spanish
Date: c. 1620
Owner: Raimundo A. Rodríguez Pérez (Modernalia)
Identifier: 478
Copyright: Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia
Abstract: History of mentalities
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