c. 1622
Large Grotesque Head (Man with Warts)
José Jusepe de Ribera, also called Lo SpagnolettoSpanish (active Naples), 1591 - 1652
Ribera, a Spaniard, spent much of his career in Naples. The naturalism favored by many Neapolitan artists is pushed to an extreme in this print, an image so starkly realistic that the man's condition (Von Recklinhausen Disease) has been diagnosed by modern authorities.
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