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"did_you_know": "This is one of a group of drawings by Jusepe de Ribera that represent male saints in scenes of torture and deprived of physical liberty.",
"description": "This subtly drawn study in red chalk with ink accents depicts the moment just before the Roman soldier Sebastian was shot through with arrows for refusing to renounce his Christian faith. The young martyr turns hopefully toward heaven as if comforted by divine light. Ribera favored the subject because it allowed him to study the expressive possibilities of the bound human figure. A number of related drawings by the artist from the same period treat similar themes of saints bound in punishment. Although Spanish by birth, Jusepe de Ribera spent most of his life in Naples, where he became the dominant artistic figure until his death in 1652.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, \u201cMuseum Acquires Major Chuck Close Painting, 19th-century Fire Screen, Rare Prints & Drawings,\u201d June 9, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, Diane DeGrazia, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: cat. no. 29, p.11, pp. 80-81, p. 287; Reproduced: p. 81",
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"citation": "Veliz, Zahira. Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: Complete Catalogue. London: The Courtauld Gallery, 2011.",
"page_number": "p. 226-228, under cat. 79",
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"citation": "Banner, Lisa A., Jonathan Brown, Robert S. Lubar, and Pierre Rosenberg. Spanish Drawings in the Princeton University Art Museum. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Art Museum, 2012.",
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"citation": "Finaldi, Gabriele. Jusepe De Ribera: The Drawings: Catalogue Raisonne\u0301. Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado; Seville: Fundaci\u00f3n Focus; Dallas: Meadows Museum, SMU, 2016. p. 196-197",
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"citation": "Ribera, Jusepe de, Edward Payne, and Xavier Bray. Ribera: Art of Violence. 2018.",
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