A Capriccio with Horses Watering in a River Outside a Walled Town
Marco Ricci
c. 1720
Medium
Gouache, on kidskin, edge mounted on wood panel
Dimensions
31.6 × 45.6 cm (12 1/2 × 18 in.)
Classification
gouache
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74180
About the Artist
Marco Ricci · 1676–1730
Marco Ricci (1676–1730) was born on June 6 in Belluno, in the Republic of Venice, into a family steeped in artistic tradition as the nephew of the renowned Baroque painter Sebastiano Ricci. He received his first instruction in art from his uncle, likely during a period in Milan from 1694 to 1696, before accompanying Sebastiano to Venice in 1696, from which he soon fled amid personal troubles. Ricc...