Juan Antonio Ribera Fernandez, also Juan Antonio de Ribera (1779-1860)

• Was a Spanish painter.
• Ribera was born in Madrid.
• He was a student of Francisco Bayeu y Subías.
• He participated in 1802 in the annual competition of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando with a copy of Raphael's Pasmo de Sicilia.
• He won a prize that allowed him to be awarded a scholarship in Paris.
• In Paris he worked in the studio of Jacques-Louis David, where he produced his notable Cincinnatus leaving the plow to make laws to Rome.
• He went into exile during the Peninsular War.
• In 1811, Ribera was appointed court painter by the exiled Charles IV of Spain.
• Ribera was appointed a member of the Accademia di San Luca. • In 1820 Vicente López y Portaña established the Museo del Prado.
• Ribera's tenure as director of the same organization began in 1857, replacing José de Madrazo y Agudo.
• In 1857 he was appointed First Court Painter by Isabel II of Spain.
• He died in Madrid on June 15, 1860.
• He was also an important teacher and directed the Museo del Prado between 1857 and 1860, succeeded by Federico de Madrazo.
• He was the father of the painter Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve.
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