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| Joseph de Robera's Saint James the Lesser |
CALIFORNIA---The
San Diego Museum of Art announced the acquisition of
Saint James the Lesser (ca. 1632) by
Jusepe de Ribera. This 17th-century work by the renowned Spanish Baroque master builds on the Museum’s prestigious collection of Spanish art. The painting is currently on display in the European galleries alongside other masterpieces in the collection by
Francisco de Zurbarán,
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and
El Greco. Purchased by the Museum from Rafael Valls, LTD and Helena Mola,
Ribera’s Saint James the Lesser joins the collection following the recent acquisitions of
Sorolla’s By the Seashore,
Zurbarán’s Saint Francis in Prayer in a Grotto, and
Pedro de Mena’s San Diego de Alcalá, a Spanish baroque sculpture. [
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