(b C?rdoba, bapt 21 May 1609; d Seville, 1 Nov 1648). Spanish sculptor. He was apprenticed from 1621 to 1626 to Juan de Mesa and was a follower of Alonso Cano. As a designer of altarpieces Ribas was one of the key figures of Sevillian Baroque; his work developed from the classical Mannerism of Juan Mart?nez Monta??s towards the use of the bold solomonic designs introduced in Seville by the Flemish artist Jos? de Arce. His religious statues show the influence and idealism of Monta??s and Cano combined with the dramatic movement and plasticity of Juan de Mesa. Ribas's processional images ( pasos) and the statues and reliefs for his altarpieces are characterized by serenity in the features and the use of ample folds of drapery falling in zigzags to curl fluidly at the feet. On the faces of his images the eyebrows are shown in a straight line with a marked V-shaped crease between them.
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