Juan Ribalta (Madrid, c. 1596-Valencia, 1628) was a Spanish Baroque painter trained in his father Francisco Ribalta's workshop, sharing his style and working on several of his commissions. His works are often confused with his father's, although Antonio Palomino noted that the father's manner was more defined and the son's looser and more heavily brushed.
He was born in Madrid in late 1596 or early 1597, and while still a child the family moved to Valencia. In 1615 he signed the Preparations for the Crucifixion, a large canvas now in the Museo de Bellas Artes in Valencia, notable for its naturalistic language and abbreviated brushwork. In 1618 he signed and dated the Saint Jerome in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Around 1619 he worked with his brother-in-law Vicente Castelló and Abdón Castañeda in Jérica, Segorbe and the Valdecristo charterhouse, and around 1621 the three took on the scenes of the Virgin's life for the Andilla altarpiece, where only the Presentation of the Virgin bears his signature. Around 1627 he returned to Valencia, and he died in 1628, nine months after his father.
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- Francesc Ribalta 1565–1628