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In Caravaggio’s Wake

Published on , by Claire Papon
Auction on 19 February 2021 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Don’t be surprised if this portrait of Dioscorides reminds you of another. A pupil in Jusepe de Ribera’s studio painted it.

Seventeenth-century Neapolitan school, workshop of Jusepe de Ribera, Le Philosophe... In Caravaggio’s Wake

Seventeenth-century Neapolitan school, workshop of Jusepe de Ribera, Le Philosophe Dioscoride (The Philosopher Dioscorides), oil on canvas, 127 x 96.5 cm (50 x 38 in).
Estimate: €20,000/30,000

On June 16, 2020 (same auction house), a picture by Ribera, Un philosophe: l’heureux géomètre ( A Philosopher: The Happy S urveyor ), fetched €1,820,000. Painted during his youth in Rome, the painting was a rediscovery.…
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