Ignacio de Ries
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Metropolitan Museum
, New YorkIgnacio de Ries (c. 1612 – after 1661) was a Spanish Baroque painter.
Life
He was probably born in
Rubenesque. In his final years he was also influenced by Murillo
, adding greater dynamism to his work without renouncing his original style. He probably died in Seville.
Selected works
Capilla de la Concepción, Segovia Cathedral (1653)
This chapel was founded in 1645 by captain Pedro Fernández de Miñano y Contreras and contains de Ries' most important works.
- The Tree of Life, a Vanitas-type allegorical curiosity.
- Adoration of the Shepherds
- Conversion of St Paul
- Baptism of Christ
- Coronation of the Virgin
- King David
Capilla de San Antonio, Seville Cathedral
- Saints Isidore and Leander
- Saints Justa and Rufina
Seville
- The Immaculate Conception (San Ildefonso)
- The Immaculate Conception (Museo de Bellas Artes)
- Saint Justa (Colección Salinas)
- Assumption of the Virgin (1661, San Bartolomé)
Other
- San Michael the Archangel (Marquand Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art)
- Regina Coeli (Colección Banco Central Hispano)
Bibliography
- (in Spanish) Pérez Sánchez, Alonso E., Pintura Barroca en España, 1600-1750. Editorial Cátedra, Madrid ISBN 978-84-376-0994-2
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