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Marco Ricci

Landscape with Town, 1696 - 1729

Description

Maker

  • Marco Ricci, 1676-1729, Italian

Title

Landscape with Town

Year

1696 - 1729

Medium

Pen and ink with brush and wash on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wash technique

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

44.8 x 60.9 cm (17 5/8 x 23 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamped with collector's mark of Heneage Finch Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859; Lugt 58)

Inscribed, verso: "Titian"

Watermark: Three crescents

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Miss Ellen D. Sharpe

Object Number

50.299

About

Intersecting a gentle landscape, a stream flows in the foreground toward the viewer. In the distance the outlines of a village can be discerned, while the middle ground is dominated by a rambling watermill, its sharply slanted roofs typical of the region around Venice. Human presence is suggested, but no people are to be seen in this idyllic view.

The drawing’s peaceful vision of nature is at odds with the artist’s notoriously tempestuous character. In his youth he killed a gondolier in a tavern by smashing a tankard on his head. Despite this, Ricci—a native of the Veneto region of Italy who trained as a painter with his famous uncle Sebastiano—quickly achieved wide acclaim for his landscapes, architectural views, and stage designs.

Stamped with collector's mark of Heneage Finch Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859; Lugt 58)

Inscribed, verso: "Titian"

Watermark: Three crescents

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Projects & Publications

Publications

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Treasures on Paper

June 13 - August 19, 1989

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century

January 12 - February 5, 1967

Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection

March 17 - April 16, 1961

Italian Drawings of the 16th Century--18th Century, Recently Acquired

October 22, 1952 - January 6, 1953

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Landscape with Town with the accession number of 50.299. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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