Juan Antonio Ribera

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Juan Antonio Ribera in the Madrid newspaper El Museo Universal on February 28, 1857
Juan Antonio Ribera 1819: Wamba renounces the crown

Juan Antonio Ribera (born May 27, 1779 in Madrid ; † June 15, 1860 there ) was a Spanish history and portrait painter . Along with José de Madrazo y Agudo and José Aparicio (1773–1838), he is considered one of the most famous Spanish painters of classicism .

Life

Juan Antionio Ribera, the son of a painter from Navalcarnero unknown in Madrid , learned his craft at the Madrid Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando with Francisco Bayeu . In 1802, he won first prize in the Academia's annual competition for a copy of Raphael's Carrying of the Cross . He used the prize money to do an apprenticeship with Jacques-Louis David in Paris and returned after six years. During the Napoleonic Wars he kept his head above water economically by portraying Russian nobles. He did not accept a call to Russia, but went into Roman exile with Charles IV in 1811 . There Juan Antionio Ribera became a member of the Accademia di San Luca .

In March 1814 King Ferdinand VII , who had been under the "protection" of Napoleon at Valençay Castle for five years , returned to Spain. The King appointed Ribera court painter in 1816 . The latter remained in Rome and did not return to Madrid until 1818. At home in 1825 he painted a ceiling in the Museo del Prado . In 1827 he was director of the aforementioned Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando . In 1857 he became director of the Museo del Prado.

Juan Antionio Ribera married Mademoiselle Emilia Fievée de Richy while he was in Paris. Both son Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve (1815-1891) later followed in their father's footsteps.

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SURNAME Ribera, Juan Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ribera y Fernández, Juan Antonio; Ribera y Fernández, Juan Antonio de; Ribera y Fernández de Velasco, Juan Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish history and portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1860
Place of death Madrid