Lot 194: Ignacio de Ries (active Seville c. 1602/12-after 1665)

Ignacio de Ries (active Seville c. 1602/12-after 1665)
Saint Margaret of Antioch, as a shepherdess
inscribed 'S. MARINA' (upper right)
oil on canvas
69 3/8 x 40 in. (176.3 x 101.5 cm.)

Madrid, Museo del Prado, Zurbarán: Las doce tribus de Israel. Jacob y sus hijos, 16 February-30 April 1995.

G. Finaldi and B. Navarrete Prieto, Zurbarán: Las doce tribus de Israel. Jacob y sus hijos, exhibition catalogue, Madrid, 1995, p. 76, fig. 64.
A.E. Pérez Sánchez, Zurbarán ante su centenario (1598-1998), Soria, July 1997, p. 165.
B. Navarrete Prieto, La pintura andaluza del siglo XVII y sus fuentes grabadas, Madrid, 1998, p. 56, fig. 55.
B. Navarrete Prieto, Ignacio de Ries, Madrid, 2001, pp. 96-7, illustrated.

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