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

St Teresa of Ávila

1644
Oil on canvas, 123 x 97 cm
Private collection

This signed and dated work, depicting St Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582), is typical of Ribera's production from the 1640s. St Teresa was a theologian and reformer of the Catholic Church, founding the Discalced Order of the Carmelites with St John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz).