RIBERA, Jusepe de
(b. 1591, Játiva, d. 1652, Napoli)

Portrait of a Jesuit Missionary

1638
Oil on canvas, 196 x 112 cm
Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

Although the precise identity of the Jesuit is unknown, the presence of a lion on which the man rests his hand suggests that he might have been a missionary.