A Fortified Village along a River

Marco Ricci

1727/1729

A Fortified Village along a River by Marco Ricci

Medium

pen and brown ink over traces of graphite; Zanetti mount

Dimensions

sheet: 26.6 × 37.8 cm (10 1/2 × 14 7/8 in.) support: 31.3 x 43 cm (12 5/16 x 16 15/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann

Accession Number

1988.26.1

About the Artist

Marco Ricci · 16761730

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...

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