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Jusepe de Ribera (1591–1652), the Spanish painter who established his career in Naples and became one of the foremost exponents of Caravaggesque naturalism, spent part of his youth in Parma. His presence there has long been known from early accounts of his life. In a letter of 1618, Ludovico Carracci referred to a Spanish painterContinue reading “Ribera in Parma: Directions of Influence”