A Stormy Landscape
Marco Ricci
c. 1725
Medium
gouache on kidskin backed with paper
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 30.6 × 44.3 cm (12 1/16 × 17 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund and Gift of David Tunick
Accession Number
1980.13.1
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...