Carlos Luis De Ribera Y Fieve

Place: Rome

Born: 1815

Death: 1891

Biography:

Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve was a Spanish painter, son of Juan Antonio Ribera. He was born in Rome in 1815 and died in Madrid in 1891. He was a student of Francisco Bayeu y Subías and probably met with Francisco Goya. He participated in the annual competition of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1802 and won a prize that allowed him to study in Paris. He worked in the studio of Jacques-Louis David and produced his notable Cincinnatus leaving the plow to make laws to Rome. He went into exile during the Peninsular War and was appointed court painter by the exiled Charles IV of Spain. He was confirmed as court painter in 1816 and remained in Rome until 1818. He became director of the Museo del Prado in 1857 and was appointed First Court Painter by Isabel II of Spain. He is considered one of the characteristic representatives of Neoclassicism in Spain and is the father of the painter Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve.