Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), The Penitent St Jerome. Oil on canvas 100.7 x 73.7 cm. (39.6 x 29 in.). Monogrammed (lower left): JR a. Courtesy COLNAGHI at TEFAF Maastricht 2023

Provenance: Madame de Magnanville;
Her sale (Lugt 83654), Versailles, Hôtel des Ventes, 16 – 17 May 1922, lot 10, as ‘Ribera (José, dit l’Espagnolet)’;
Private collection, France;
Anonymous sale (‘The Property of a Belgian Collector’), London, Christie’s, 10 December 2003, lot 57;
With Jean Luc Baroni Ltd, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Literature: 2003. Published in Ribera: l’opera completa, by Nicola Spinosa, page p. 290, catalogue cat. no. A130
2005. Published in José de Ribera. Bajo el signo de Caravaggio (1613-1633), by Nicola Spinosa, page pp. 82-83, catalogue cat. no. 21;
2005. Published in José de Ribera. Bajo el signo de Caravaggio (1613-1633), by Nicola Spinosa, page p. 57 & pp. 110-113, catalogue cat. no. 22
2006. Published in Ribera: L’opera completa, by Nicola Spinosa, page p. 291, catalogue cat. no. A79
2008. Published in Ribera: La obra completa, by Nicola Spinosa, page p. 363, catalogue cat. no. A99.