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| Women Gladiators | |
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| Spanish: Combate de Mujeres | |
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| Artist | Jusepe de Ribera |
| Year | 1636 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 235 cm × 212 cm (93 in × 83 in) |
| Location | Museo del Prado, Madrid |
Women Gladiators (Spanish: Combate de Mujeres) is a painting by Jusepe de Ribera made in oil on canvas. It is conserved in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. [1]
Description
The painting, dated and signed, was made in Naples in 1636, as part of a series of over thirty pictures on the history of Rome commissioned to Giovanni Lanfranco, Domenichino, Ribera himself, and other artists.
Analysis
The painting depicts a legendary episode occurred at Naples in 1552. Two women, Isabella of Carazzi and Diambra of Pottinella, in the presence of the Marquis of the Vast dispute in a duel for the love of a man called Fabio Zeresola. The subject matter of the painting has also been held to be an allegory of the fight between Vice and Virtue.
References
- Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz (2 February 2015). 32.- Ribera. Hiares Multimedia. pp. 4–. ISBN 978-84-15855-91-0.
- Miranda Aldhouse-Green (1 May 2014). Boudica Britannia. Routledge. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-1-317-86630-5.