Majos in a Garden Late 18Th Century Signed: “José Ribelles” (Lower Right Corner) Pencil, Ink and Wash / Paper Laid Down on Card
[12] josé ribelles helip (Valencia, 1778-Madrid, 1835) Majos in a Garden Late 18th century Signed: “José Ribelles” (lower right corner) Pencil, ink and wash / paper laid down on card. 225 × 200 mm osé Ribelles was born in Valencia on 20 May 1778. He extremely active during this period, producing frescoes, fi rst trained as a painter with his father, the painter of the drawings, designs for stage sets and oil paintings. He painted Jsame name. Having learned the rudiments of the art he frescoes for the Royal palace of Madrid, for Vista Alegre and enrolled in the Academia de San Carlos in Valencia, where for the Caños del Peral, de la Cruz and Príncipe theatres 2. he was a pupil of Vicente López. In 1798 Ribelles won the Ribelles was also notably prolifi c as a draughtsman. He First Class Prize at the Academia and one year later moved produced the preliminary drawings for various prints for to Madrid to continue his studies at the Academia de Bellas the 1819 edition of Don Quixote3, a large number of drawings Artes de San Fernando. In 1799, shortly after his arrival, he on the War of Independence, and a complete series of 112 was awarded a Second Class Prize for his canvas The Continence prints of the traditional costumes of the provinces of Spain, of Scipio (Madrid, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San dated 18324. His activities as a set designer are a particularly Fernando). This success introduced him into court circles important facet of his career, and Ribelles achieved great and he made contacts with painters of the status of Goya, renown in the theatrical world of the day.
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