A Stormy Landscape

A Stormy Landscape by Marco Ricci

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 · 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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