St Teresa of Ávila
by RIBERA, Jusepe de, Oil on canvas, 123 x 97 cm
This signed and dated work, depicting St Teresa of �vila (1515-1582), is typical of Ribera’s production from the 1640s. St Teresa was a theologian and reformer of the Catholic Church, founding the Discalced Order of the Carmelites with St John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz).