Francesco Ribalta

Place: Solsona

Born: 1565

Death: 1628

Biography:

Francesco Ribalta was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, mostly of religious subjects. He was born in Solsona, Lleida, Spain in 1565. He began working professionally in Madrid between 1585 and 1598, painting religious works and portraits. He settled as an artist in Valencia and became among the first followers in Spain of the austere tenebrist style of Caravaggio. He died in Valencia on 12 January 1628.