RIBALTA, Juan, the son of the preceding, was born in 1597, and studied painting under his father. His artistic powers were remarkable. He was only eighteen when he executed a "Crucifixion," which is now one of the gems of the Valencian Museum. There was no kind of subject which he did not try with success. His pictures, both of low life and of sacred story, all possessed such excellence that it was difficult to distinguish them from those of his father. In fact, he was promising to be one of the greatest of Spanish painters, when he was cut off prematurely in 1628. (See Stirling's Artists of Spain.)