Which Spanish painter, known in Italy as Lo Spagnoletto, was a master of intense tenebrism in Naples?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Jusepe de Ribera
- Step 1: According to the official source: Jusepe de Ribera ( Valencian: [ josep ðe riˈβeɾa ] ; baptised 17 February 1591 – 3 November 1652) was a Spanish painter and printmaker . ... His Italian biographers have many tales to tell of Ribera's stormy, picaresque career, and picture "Lo Spagnoletto's" life as an endless series of professional intrigues and rivalries, attempted poisonings due to gelosia di mestiere, conspiracies and brawls, triumphs and adversities, dramatic love affairs. Answer: Jusepe de Ribera. Why not the others: Alonso Cano, Bartolome Bermejo, and Pedro Berruguete were other distinguished Spanish painters associated with different artistic movements.
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