Jusepe de Ribera, January 12, 1591–September 2, 1652, was a Spanish painter and printmaker who spent most of his career in Italy. Born in Xàtiva near Valencia, he was documented in Parma by 1611 and in Rome by 1613; his early training is uncertain, and the traditional claim that he studied with Francisco Ribalta is unproven.

He settled permanently in Naples in 1616, married Caterina Azzolino, and worked for the Spanish viceroys and other Italian and Spanish patrons. He belonged to Rome’s Accademia di San Luca and maintained a Neapolitan workshop; Bartolomeo Passante, Francesco Fracanzano, Hendrick de Somer, and Luca Giordano are among the artists associated with his teaching or influence.

Principal holdings of his work are in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Musée du Louvre, National Gallery, London, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and National Gallery of Art, Washington.