St. Paul, the first hermit, meditates before a skull in the solitude of his retirement. It is a work of the last stage of ribera, who banished the darkness that characterizes the first decades of his career & opted for greater clarity & a wider color range. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: 1640. Dimensions: 143 × 143 cm (56.2 × 56.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Paul of Thebes. Collection: Museo del Prado. San Pablo Ermitaño, por José de Ribera
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