Studies of Two Ears and of a Bat. Below, the motto: FULGET SEMPER VIRTUS, by Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto), 1591–1652
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Studies of Two Ears and of a Bat. Below, the motto: FULGET SEMPER VIRTUS

Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) (Spanish, Játiva 1591–1652 Naples)

1591–1652

Medium
Red chalk and brush and red wash on beige paper. Composition outlined on all borders with ruled lines in black chalk
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
6-1/4 x 11 in. (15.9 x 27.9 cm)
Culture
Spanish
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1972
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art