Title: Studies of Two Ears and of a Bat. Below, the motto: FULGET SEMPER VIRTUS
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1591–1652
Artist:  Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) 
Artist bio: Spanish, Játiva 1591–1652 Naples
Artist nationality: Spanish
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Red chalk and brush and red wash on beige paper.  Composition outlined on all borders with ruled lines in black chalk
Dimensions: 6-1/4 x 11 in.  (15.9 x 27.9 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1972
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Bats